An anti-government strike shut down much of Zimbabwe’s economy on the second day of a national week of protest called against the increasingly repressive rule of President Robert Mugabe.

THE star prosecution witness in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, admitted yesterday the Zimbabwe government asked him to find evidence of a plot to kill President Robert Mugabe.

The Zimbabwean government has failed to hand over evidence that it paid the key witness in a treason trial who has testified that the opposition leader tried to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, defence lawyers argued today.

Zimbabweans’ three-day wait for a chance to vote in the most bitterly contested elections in their nation’s history ended with police wielding clubs and firing tear gas.