SHE threatens to uproot my manhood, and whenever I give her money for capital, she wastes it all on alcohol, a Lusaka man has lamented before the Matero Local Court. 32-year-old Silan Mumba of John Laing narrated to the court that his wife, who has been nicknamed “ba buyer shipwe shipwe” at the local taverns, undresses him and his parents with insults when drunk. This is in a matter in which Mumba dragged his wife, Astridah Mvula, aged 22, to court for divorce, claiming that she is disrespectful and a drunkard who leaves the house around 06:00 hours and only returns after 21:00 hours. Mumba also told the court that his efforts to help Astridah reform and start a business...

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