Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was cleared of treason today - charges that his party maintained all along were a bid by the government to frame him.

The Zimbabwe government said extra security guards will be on duty to prevent any demonstrations during today’s treason verdict against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

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.