THE Chelstone Local Court has dismissed a case in which a Mtendere East man wanted his colleague jailed for luring his wife into a “Chokolo” affair, even before his death. Chokolo is a traditional widow inheritance practice among some Bantu communities in Malawi and Zambia, where a widow is married by her deceased husband’s brother or relative to maintain family ties and care for the children. The court said that any man may propose to a married woman, but it is her responsibility to decide whether to accept or reject the proposal. This is matter in which Clever Banda, 28, of Mtendere East, has sued his friend, James Lungu, 35, of Kalikiliki, a taxi driver, for constructive adultery, alleging that...