A local court was left reeling in shock after a married woman openly admitted to dating a workmate so he could father her child.

Mercy Zulu,32, said she started dating Samson Chimpembe ,34, because she wanted to have another child.

Zulu told a kabushi local court that she used to meet with him at a boarding house where the two would tumble in the hay because she was desperate to have another child.

In the process she was caught by her husband Gibson Masauso ,39, and she confessed and the issue was resolved. Zulu said she reconciled with her husband and she promised never to be unfaithful again.

Masauso, however, sued Chimpembe 34, for adultery.

Masauso told the court that he had gone outside the country but he had suspicions that his wife was not being faithful.

– Sunday Times