Magaya’s Yadah Hotel acquitted of unregistered medicines charges

YADAH Hotel, owned by Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Walter Magaya, has been acquitted of charges involving the alleged possession of unregistered medicines after successfully applying for discharge at the close of the State’s case.

The hotel, represented in court by Donald Makuvaza, had been facing two counts under the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act relating to the alleged possession of unregistered medicines and unregistered complementary medicines at its Waterfalls premises.

The hotel denied the allegations and applied for discharge, arguing that the State had failed to establish any link between the hotel and the medicines recovered during a police search.

The court upheld the application, finding that the State had failed to connect the medicines to Yadah Hotel and consequently found the hotel not guilty.

It was alleged that on November 1, 2025, detectives from CID Headquarters in Harare received information that Yadah Hotel was in possession of unregistered medicines and unapproved complementary medicines in one of its rooms.

The detectives went to the hotel on the same day, identified themselves by producing their police identity cards.

They explained the purpose of their visit before conducting a door-to-door search.

According to the State, various medicines were recovered from one of the rooms, including Cotrimoxazole tablets, Fluconazole tablets and Liposomal Liquid Glutathione (Pure Drops).

Other products allegedly found in the room included Liver Care Detox Complementary Natural Medicine and High Purity Methane Inflammation Opti-MSM Methylsulfonylmethane, among others.

The detectives also reportedly recovered Compounded Prescription Weekly forms showing the dispensing and administration of medicines to one Happiness Mavindire in the same room.

However, in its ruling, the court found that the State had failed to establish a link between the medicines and Yadah Hotel.

The court noted that the premises had previously been owned by other people and that there was insufficient evidence connecting the alleged medicines to the hotel.

The court also found that the State had failed to produce evidence from the relevant medicines regulatory authority establishing that the seized medicines were not registered or regulated in Zimbabwe.

The court therefore discharged the hotel at the close of the State’s case, bringing the prosecution to an end without the hotel being placed on its defence.

The hotel was represented by Malvern Mapako of Rubaya and Chatambudza Legal Practitioners.

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