By Farai D Hove| Barely 3 weeks after her husband was made President of Zimbabwe, Auxillia Mnangagwa has been turned into another Grace Mugabe. When she was a mere MP, she was never labelled as a mother supreme. The state owned Sunday Mail this morning carried a flashing headline portraying her as a champion of maternal concerns. The story said Mnangagwa’s Harare Central visit was a “response to her maternal instincts.”
Already the development has seen Auxillia being labelled “Amai.”
Is Zimbabwe quickly returning into another Bedroom State? What stops has ZANU PF put in place to ensure that Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership will not be a dynasty? A recent projection of the trend events pointed that Mnangagwa will be 91 when he becomes due for retirement, if he serves three terms and if they are 2, he will be 86, still putting him into the same age group with Robert Mugabe.
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I have never heard of that term “murongo” ndadzidxa nhasi I don’t know which language the word murongo comes from.
Mudzimai wemutongi wenyika unozwi “Murongo.” Kwete “Amai.”
Mutondo is a term that portrays respect of the office, while Amai portrays artificial intimacy that led giresi to national motherhood – mother of even those older than her (sic).
Amai is our cultural respect and only anything beyond becomes an issue
What I have problems with is the titles such as his excellency, excellency for what? President is respect enough, Honourable, honourable for what, Member of parliament is respect enough, His worship honorable mayor, for what, the Mayor of the city or town is respect enough. These officials are supposed to be the servants of the people, they are in those offices to serve the people not the people serving them. By giving them all those pre-fixes, we are making them Demi Gods and they become feared and lose sight that they were voted to serve the people but to be served by the people. So it will be good to call them by the title of their offices and discard all other unnecessary titles.
What do you want her to be called as First Lady of the country? Isn’t it our culture and language to call her amai? Do you want us to say First Lady so you can be happy that she is not called amai? Tell us what you expect us to call the wife of head of state. Don’t just complain about everything, she is the First Lady and it’s proper to call her amai