Facebook Lands Married Lusaka Woman in Divroce

A 38 year old man of Lusaka has divorced his wife after he discovered that she had been cheating on him through facebook. Dixon Mwale sued Cleopatra Phiri, 22 in the Boma Local Court.
Mwale told the court that he had caught his wife cheating twice since they got married in 2005. “The first time she cheated we were living in Kitwe, I was very hurt that I sent my wife away but we were reconciled by the family. I forgave her but I decided to move to Lusaka so that we could start a new life,” he said.
Mwale testified that he decided to take Phiri to School so that she could advance in her education. One day when she returned from school she insisted that I open a facebook account for her but I was shocked that after a few minutes she was excited about a guy called Benson Mulenga who she had earlier told me was her schoolmate. I checked through his profile only to discover that he wasn’t a pupil and that he worked in a chemist,” said Mwale.
He testified that he sued Mulenga for adultery and was awarded K10, 000 as compensation.
Magistrate Mpundu granted divorce and gave full custody of their children to Mwale, saying Phiri was irresponsible.