By Jane Mlambo| Following pressure from international bodies including Amnesty Interntional and European Union on the whereabouts of missing government critic Itai Dzamara, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of information, media and broadcasting services, Nick Mangwana has claimed they are doing everything to find him.

Dzamara went missing in March 2015 and has not been seen amid allegations that it was the work of state security agents.

Mangwana said the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) was also offering a US$10 000 reward to anyone with information on the whereabouts of Mr Dzamara and was also making regular appeals to the public for those with information to come forward.

“Government feels very strongly that no Zimbabwean should disappear without trace and empathizes with the Dzamara family in their quest for the safe return of their loved one,” said Mangwana.

He added that it was therefore undiplomatically unhelpful and misleading to insinuate that the Government of Zimbabwe did not intend to shed light on Mr Dzamara’s disappearance, as if it had a hand in it.

The Government remains open to engagement with all diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe and provide clarity on any matter of mutual interest using the agreed formal channels, said Mr Mangwana.