Harare, Zimbabwe, Aug 6, 2007 / 08:25 am
The sensational adultery lawsuit against Archbishop Pius Ncube has an interesting new development. According to The Standard, papers were just filed in the High Court indicating that the charge of adultery has been dropped from the case against the archbishop.
The new charges, filed by plaintiff Onesimus Sibanda’s lawyer, request the ability to amend the original summons at the pre-trial conference or "any time before trial".
The amendment does not contain any adultery claims against Ncube, who has been a fierce critic of the government's human rights record and of President Robert Mugabe.
The archbishop’s lawyer, Advocate Nicholas Mathonsi, claims that the entire lawsuit is a state-sponsored attempt to discredit the archbishop and distract from the societal collapse resulting from the failures of President Mugabe.