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CHAMISA WIFE RUMOUR ATTACK: Jessie Majome Saves Chamisa
12 April 2018
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By Own Correspondent| Harare West MP, Jessie Majome last week battled attacks against her leader, Nelson Chamisa on whom people heaped rumours claiming that he has blocked his wife from attending rallies.

They also made other unprintable claims against him.

Majome was one of the MDC members who stood to explain to reporters that Chamisa’s wife, Sithokozile, is a professional person in her own right. She explained that Sithokozile is a lawyer, a colleague in the trade who is busy in her work. As a result of Majome’s contributions, in the below article, the rumour fires died down.

Below was the full print – Amid an ongoing heap of attacks and insinuations against MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, details have emerged on the reasons why Chamisa’s wife, Sithokozile, “does not play” an Auxillia Mnangagwa or a Grace Mugabe.

Nelson Chamisa and his wife, Sithokozile

ZANU PF youths have made a wild claim against Chamisa and saying that this is the reason why she does not appear in public with her husband like a normal First Lady would. According to (US) White House rules, the First Lady is supposed to accompany her husband on all public appearances and visits. The woman has to come out holding her husband’s hand and there is also a particular way this is done. Without this, protocol is broken and humiliation follows. This is the way it is done in the United States, and in the next episode we shall look at how it is done in Zimbabwe.

Now coming to the real issue why Chamisa’s wife rarely appears in public with him: while the man himself has chosen not to speak, sources close to the MDC politician have told ZimEye.com Chamisa “will never be Barack Obama or Donald Trump.

“Did you not know she is a lawyer working for an NGO and her employer bars her from participating in politics?  Participating in the MDC as a First Lady the way Elizabeth used to, will render her jobless,” the highly placed source said.

Once Sithokozile pursues the First Lady job, she will need to fit the below criteria and she will have to work without a salary:

How did the role of first lady come to be? – the US story.

According to Andrea Gonzaez, Martha Washington is considered to be the first “first lady,” but the term wasn’t used until after her death. Her main function was to play hostess for social events, and she set the standard for the subsequent first ladies.
The role has historically been reserved for the president’s spouse, but some first ladies have not been married to POTUS. Emily Donelson took over the hostessing duties during the presidency of her uncle Andrew Jackson, a widow. Harriet Lane did the same during the administration of James Buchanan, who never married.
However, our contemporary understanding of the role can be traced back to Eleanor Roosevelt, according to Dr. Katherine Jellison, chair of the history department at Ohio University, who has studied extensively the topic of first ladies.
During her time at the White House, Roosevelt expanded her duties beyond just being a hostess, spending her time working on social reform projects.
“She is the first first lady to have press conferences, she is the first first lady to have a significant number of staff working for her,” Jellinson said. “She is the one who made the role of first lady as high profile as it is today.”

What are some of the first lady’s responsibilities?

Contemporary first ladies are expected to perform public and ceremonial duties. While they’ve always hosted state dinners and other official events, now they also serve as surrogates to their husbands’ administrations, taking on particular social projects or causes.