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Walter Magaya nearly fled Zimbabwe
25 Apr 2017 at 17:44hrs | Views
Popular preacher, prophet Walter Magaya almost dumped Zimbabwe for South Africa due to heightened spotlight on him that included rape accusations.
Magaya only decided to stay because he felt such a move would have sent the wrong signal that he was fleeing from the legal woes that were stalking him, including accusations he raped a student, a charge which he strenuously denied.
South Africa would have been a perfect new base for him as it " has more members in South Africa and Zambia than those back home even though he considers PHD to have the biggest membership here when compared to other ministries" H-Metro reported.
"I wanted to relocate at some point, l think last year, l wanted to relocate last year to South Africa.
"What stopped me was that, maybe, people would think l was running away from something and so l didn't relocate for that reason so that l clear the conscience of the people.
"But l really wanted to relocate" H-Metro quoted him saying.
"There were times that l felt neglected, there were some times that l felt unloved or just unwanted in my country and l felt like l had to relocate and those were serious thoughts and l actually planned over it but the few people that showed me love made me stay."
He said to escape the battering of negativity that he usually receives, he finds a lot of refugee in a number of things, including prayer and sport, and they both came handy in his decision-making to stay here.
Magaya only decided to stay because he felt such a move would have sent the wrong signal that he was fleeing from the legal woes that were stalking him, including accusations he raped a student, a charge which he strenuously denied.
South Africa would have been a perfect new base for him as it " has more members in South Africa and Zambia than those back home even though he considers PHD to have the biggest membership here when compared to other ministries" H-Metro reported.
"I wanted to relocate at some point, l think last year, l wanted to relocate last year to South Africa.
"What stopped me was that, maybe, people would think l was running away from something and so l didn't relocate for that reason so that l clear the conscience of the people.
"But l really wanted to relocate" H-Metro quoted him saying.
"There were times that l felt neglected, there were some times that l felt unloved or just unwanted in my country and l felt like l had to relocate and those were serious thoughts and l actually planned over it but the few people that showed me love made me stay."
He said to escape the battering of negativity that he usually receives, he finds a lot of refugee in a number of things, including prayer and sport, and they both came handy in his decision-making to stay here.
Source - H-Metro
