DAVID KAZADI, TWO CO-ACCUSED ENTER INTO PLEA AGREEMENT WITH STATE.
Film producer David Kazadi and his two co-accused, who are facing charges relating to the production, possession and circulation of alleged pornographic material, have entered into a plea agreement with the State.
The development came when the matter was scheduled to commence trial before Lusaka Magistrate Kawama Mwamfuli. However, proceedings could not begin after the prosecution informed the court that an agreement had been reached under the Plea Negotiations and Agreements Act No. 20 of 2010.
State prosecutor Hope Mikwala told the court that although the agreement was ready, the State had not yet served it on the defence or filed it before the court.
She consequently applied for an adjournment to allow the prosecution to serve the agreement on the defence and formally place it on the court record.
The defence confirmed that this was the current position of the matter and did not oppose the State’s application for an adjournment.
The court subsequently adjourned the matter to November 18, 2026.
A plea agreement is an arrangement in which the prosecution and an accused person negotiate how a criminal case should be resolved. It may involve an accused person agreeing to plead guilty to certain charges in exchange for concessions from the State, subject to the applicable law and the court’s approval.
Kazadi, 34, and model Mwaka Halwindi, 23, had pleaded not guilty to charges of producing and possessing alleged obscene material, while their co-accused, Ruby Muzandu, 23, denied charges of circulating and possessing the material.
According to the allegations, Kazadi circulated videos involving Halwindi and shared other alleged explicit content through WhatsApp between January 1, 2023, and June 30, 2025.
Muzandu is accused of circulating the material through a WhatsApp group named “Trip to South Africa” and possessing the videos.
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