Moffat Mungazi
Zimpapers Sports Hub
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by Yadah Stars owner Walter Magaya, who sought to challenge his disqualification as a presidential candidate for this week’s watershed ZIFA elections.
In his ruling, Justice Chitapi stated that Magaya’s application lacked merit, and upheld the decision made by the ZIFA Ethics Committee which disqualified the clergyman on the basis that he did not submit the requisite O’ Level certificate with five subject passes.
Magaya had argued that the disqualification was unreasonable and that the committee had failed to consider his tertiary qualifications, which included diplomas from the University of South Africa (UNISA).
The ZIFA elections, penciled in for this Saturday in Harare, are now set to go ahead without having to worry about legal challenges after Justice Chitapi earlier this week also dismissed another High Court application that had been made by another disgruntled office aspirant Temba Mliswa.
