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	Zimbabwe: Strange Twist in Pius Ncube Adultery Case By Kholwani Nyathi allAfrica August 5, 2007 http://allafrica.com/stories/200708060851.html Zimbabwe — The $20 billion adultery lawsuit against Archbishop Pius Ncube has taken a new twist — adultery claims have been dropped. According to fresh High Court papers seen by The Standard last week, plaintiff Onesimus Sibanda's lawyer, Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga says he would make an application 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, a fierce critic of the government's human rights record. In the original claim, Sibanda, a soldier attached to the National Railways of Zimbabwe, said he wanted $20 billion from the prelate for allegedly having an intimate relationship with his wife, Rosemary. He said $10 billion was for adultery damages, $5 billion for loss of consortium, and $5 billion for loss of contumelia (loss of comfort). But in the latest application, Sibanda does not mention damages for adultery and instead wants the figure broken down to $10 billion being loss of consortium and $10 billion for contumelia. This follows an application by Ncube's lawyer, Advocate Nicholas Mathonsi, for Sibanda to clarify how the alleged adultery was committed and also to justify how the claims were arrived at. On Friday, Nzarayapenga said the amendment only sought "to correct mistakes that were made in the summons and declaration. Otherwise the claim remains the same at $20 billion".
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