Zimbabweans in the capital were amazed this afternoon to see their new President Emmerson Mnangagwa walking around the streets of Harare like an ordinary citizen – unencumbered by CIO details or other security personnel.
Mnangagwa is reported to have rejected the use of his predecessor Robert Mugabe’s expensive, bullet-proof Mercedes Benz S-600 Pullman limousine, is currently driving in a civilian second hand Mercedes Benz.
“President Mnangagwa walked past me today in his way to meet a Chinese business delegation. He politely smiled, greeted me and other journos. We are so used to being pushed aside by Mugabe’s security,” wrote Al Jazeera journalist Haru Mutasa this afternoon.
Mnangagwa has said that he is cutting down the number of government ministries in order to improve efficiency and cut costs.
COMMENTS
What a clever man he is to show the people that he is of the people. Respect to the President. Mug’s motorcades were ridiculous and showed what a coward he really was before being disgraced into retirement. No doubt this will save millions of dollars per annum too.
We are there for you mrPresident if you are committed nation not within ZANU PF only . We are eying u.
Good but early days. A newly married wife can “even greet dogs and cats” – wait till they settle in! The former president talked of turning guns into ploughs before turnings them into matchets! The early signs are good though.
The story would have been believable if there were pictures to accompany the claim.
This is true of humans. Some start well n end miserably. May God help Zimbadweans.
let the man do his will eyeing u wat ,,,,, wat do u know abt politics and running an economy
so the journalist had no camera
Ko kana uchizviti uri munhu wevanhu ndozvaunoita ka izvoo. Zvino mumwe mudhara uya (dictator) aingozviti munhu wevanhu but could not even dare take a simple challenged from Ian Smith, in the 1990’s, not even these later years, said “if people love and hate me more than you as you claim let’s take a walk in the Streets of Harare or anywhere in Zimbabwe, side by side, and see who will be attacked by the Zimbabweans”.
We all know kuti baba Chatu vakatya kutora that risk. Asi vaizvifadza vachiti ndiri munhu wevanhu. nxaaaaaaa!!!
I can remember seeing Mr Smith driving a Peugeot, no motorcade and the only other person in the car was his wife Janet. This was in 1977.