The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into how controversial cleric Walter Magaya acquired his diploma from the University of South Africa (UNISA).
He stands accused of fraudulently acquiring the diploma.
The investigations are emanating from the fraudulent qualifications he submitted to the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) prior to its elections.
He purported that his qualifications were obtained from UNISA.
In a letter addressed to ZIFA last Friday, ZACC requested the applications for the Zifa presidency filed by Magaya.
They also asked for the submitted qualifications and any other information they have to assist them in their fraud investigation.
The commission also wrote to the Judicial Service Commission seeking the record of proceedings in his appeal at the High Court in Walter Magaya VS Zifa 2025.
The investigations come after a public debate on how he acquired his diploma.
UNISA last week, published a statement denying any connection with Magaya as a student at the prestigious university.
The statement read:
“The University of South Africa (Unisa) notes with serious concern information doing the rounds in the public domain as well as in a recent video circulating on social media, where it is purported that a certain Zimbabwean national, Walter Magaya, is a graduate or alumnus of the university.
“Responding to a media query from a certain international media platform, the university confirmed that, based on the information provided by the said media platform, the system of the university could not find any record showing that Mr Magaya was ever registered or graduated with Unisa.
“This effectively means that Unisa does not have Mr Magaya either as a student or a graduate. Any certificate/s he produces which he claims to be from Unisa is/are therefore fraudulent.
“Subsequent to the issuing of the media response, the university also came across a video clip in the social media domain, wherein Mr Magaya also claims to have received an honorary doctorate from Unisa.
“The university has never conferred any honorary doctorate on Mr Magaya and strongly condemns this false claim.
“We believe that conduct of this nature damages and brings our brand into disrepute and we reserve the right to take appropriate corrective action.
“Relevant authorities within the university have therefore been requested to take the necessary legal action in this regard.”
