Controversial preacher, Walter Magaya has been arrested and taken to court.

Magaya appeared before the Harare magistrate’s courts Friday morning and charged with contravening Section 41 of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act.

The charge relates to Magaya’s unlawful advertisement of an HIV and Cancer cure.

Magaya’s company Aretha Medicals is also facing three separate charges.

1. Manufacturing medicines without a license
2. Operating a medicinal labs without a license

We are yet to be informed of the third charge.

He is being represented by Everson Chatambudza and is expected to appear before a magistrate once vetting is completed.

He claimed at a church service on Sunday that he had found a cure for HIV. The ‘Aguma’ medicine was being sold at his church and online.

Magaya’s company Aretha Medicals is also facing separate charges which include manufacturing medicines without a license and operating medicinal labs without a license.

Following widespread condemnation from both the government and HIV/Aids advocacy groups, Magaya later apologized for rushing to announce his discovery without going through the legal procedures including conducting clinical tests.

Magaya is being represented by Everson Chatambudza and is expected to appear before a magistrate once vetting is completed.