'Dzamara not worth Mugabe's attention,' says Charamba

President Robert Mugabe's spokesperson has reportedly said that the disappearance of human rights activist Itai Dzamara does not deserve the veteran leader's attention.

According to media reports, George Charamba was explaining Mugabe's silence over Dzamara's disappearance and stated it was the responsibility of the investigating arms of government to take a leading role in establishing the missing activist's whereabouts.

Charamba told the state-owned Herald newspaper: "I dismiss calls for the president to pronounce himself on the matter as pre-eminently political and thus not worthy of his attention. People go missing here and elsewhere in the world."