Prominent Zimbabwean Youtuber Dr Clarence, real name Clarence Kudzai Patsika says he is being held hostage by unknown people.

In a six minute video, Clarence who looked unwell said he is being tortured and harrased by unkown people causing him a psychological breakdown.

Last month, Dr Clarence revealed he was facing challenges that include self doubts, lack of money and a poor environment.

The blogger begged for assistant from anyone including human rights lawyers, stating that he cannot hold on any longer. He said he is being monitored in everything he is doing.

Dr Clarence had the first big YouTube channel in Zimbabwe with over 104 000 subscribers and over 25 million views, before he disappeared from his popular daily live streams.