A 45-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Chazanga compound has divorced his wife of 20 years due to her excessive beer drinking and the habit of coming home late while drunk. In her defence, 40-year-old Chilufya Mwelwa argues that her husband doesn’t give her the attention she deserves and frequently chats with women on Facebook, even posting pictures of naked women wearing beads. This is in a matter in which James Phiri sued Mwelwa for divorce in the Matero Local Court. When the matter came up for hearing, Phiri told Magistrate Harriet Mulenga that he wants a divorce because he is tired of forgiving his wife. “I want this marriage to end because I am tired of forgiving her. I married her...

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