Prophet Walter Magaya, president of YADAH Stars Football Club and one of five aspirants for the ZIFA presidency, is seeking legal intervention to halt the upcoming ZIFA elections scheduled for January 25.
This urgent matter is set to be heard this morning at 9 am before Justice Tawanda Chitapi at the High Court.
On December 23, ZIFA announced the disqualification of Magaya and four other candidates—CAPS United president Farai Jere, former Warriors skipper Benjani Mwaruwari, ex-ZIFA vice president Gift Banda, and former Norton legislator Temba Mliswa—after they failed the ethics and integrity test required by the association.
Among these candidates, Jere accepted his disqualification without contest, while the others have pursued legal action.
Magaya has lodged several appeals against this decision.
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Not only has he approached the High Court in Harare today, but he has also submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mwaruwari and Banda have filed a joint appeal at CAS regarding their disqualification, which falls under the purview of both ZIFA’s constitution and the Electoral Committee’s measures for handling election disputes.
Meanwhile, Mliswa is contesting his disqualification in the High Court in Bulawayo.
Today’s hearing in Harare will address Magaya’s application for an interdict against the elections, which was filed on Friday by his lawyer, Everson Chatambudza of Chatambudza and Rubaya Legal Practitioners.
The notice for the hearing outlines that the application will be considered by Justice Chitapi today.
The first respondent in Magaya’s application is Michael Mutasa, who chairs both the Electoral and Normalisation Committees.
Rosemary Mugadza and Nyasha Sanyamandwe, who serve alongside Mutasa in these committees, are also cited as respondents.
