The Sunday Mail
I DON’T know whether Walter Magaya is a true man of God, a true prophet.
I haven’t been blessed with the spirit of discernment as yet but when that happens, hopefully soon, I will make a pronouncement on the matter.
The demon-possessed slave girl from Acts chapter 16 followed Paul and his team shouting: “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.”
She was on point but the spirit which powered her was of the devil.
Now yours truly doesn’t want to run the risk of attracting the wrath of Prophet Walter Magaya and his sons and daughters.
The debate on whether he is a true prophet or not is not mine.
However, I can safely say Magaya is a true football man.
He has demonstrated his love for the game over the past two years by buying into former Premier Soccer League champions Yadah Gunners and bailing out Zifa on several occasions.
Last week, Magaya was at it again as he handed over R560 000 for the Warriors’ Cosafa Cup campaign which begins in South Africa today.
There is no doubt that the Warriors are breathing better after Magaya’s cash boost.
But have you ever imagined, dear reader, what would happen if Magaya conducted an all night prayer for our football?
Oh my God!
The players who use juju and always make it a point to wear torn and dirty underwear on match days would tumble as demons vacate their troubled bodies in the name of Jesus.
Common sense would be restored at 53 Livingstone Avenue, Cuthbert Dube would become a leader who listens to everyone not just Jonathan Mashingaidze and the Premier Soccer League will get the guts to push for a renegotiation of the Supersport deal.
The Harare City Council would realise that having an artificial turf at Rufaro Stadium is a sick joke that is shortening the careers of our players.
A section of the Highlanders fans would realise that it’s not about the language a player speaks but all about how much he values that famed black and white shirt.
It will dawn on DeMbare that they are living a cursed life.
How can such a big team fail to own a stadium, own a team bus, run a successful academy as well as have insurance and life assurance schemes like Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa?
Twine Phiri would realise that he cannot continue to go it alone as the operating environment gets difficult with each passing day.
Phiri would walk to Magaya and say: “Help me man of God.”
Magaya would stretch his hand and in a flash the embattled Caps United owner would tumble to the ground and let out a deafening cry. The ever switched on ushers would then rush to Phiri but Prophet Magaya would order them: “Leave him.”
After a few seconds, Phiri comes back to our realm.
There is applause from the congregants and Farai Jere, in his designer suit and shiny shoes, walks up to the altar to hug Phiri.
Life gets back to normal at Makepekepe where Rodreck Mutuma would have long realised that one cannot just quit a club with whom he signed a two -year contract with just three months gone by.
Our football writers would realise that there is nothing wrong with supporting a local Premiership team but there is everything wrong with becoming an extension of that team’s PR department.
The senior journalists who bootlick Dube and see nothing wrong in everything the old man does would also realise that they are killing this noble profession.
You see there is so much wrong with our football, the only way out is prayer.
Yes there have been disastrous attempts to get men of God involved in our football with Prophet Chiza’s 2014 African Nations Championship episode a major low point.
Chiza predicted, or prophesied, a 3-0 win that never came.
Peter “Rio” Moyo never scored the long range effort and then coach Ian “Dibango” Gorowa later questioned the man of the cloth’s influence on the team.
Well that is water under the bridge.
Let’s have spiritual leaders like Magaya not only dishing out money but praying for our game too.
And on that spiritual note . . .
VaShagare exits the scene.
VaShagare is the founder of DeMbare DotComs and can be contacted on that Facebook page as well as the email [email protected].
