MDC-T protests, Mugabe beefs up security

Opposition supporters planning a protests against President Robert Mugabe's government have accused authorities of pre-empting the action through religious leaders as police step up security.

But opposition activists have vowed to press ahead with mass action soon to express discontent and disgust over the prevailing state of affairs.

Despite warnings of bloodshed by charismatic preachers Emmanuel Makandiwa and Walter Magaya in this deeply religious nation, the opposition insists that the new Constitution legalizes peaceful demonstrations.

Police units have already been deployed strategically around the MDC-T's Harvest House headquarters in central Harare as the situation threatens to spiral out of control.