Mary Chiwenga has revealed that she has a thick skin but stays clear of social media. “Cool, calm and collected. I believe that I am i...
Mary Chiwenga has revealed that she has a thick skin but
stays clear of social media.
“Cool, calm and collected. I believe that I am increasingly
spiritual, I am a great wife and mother, a sensitive person, down to earth and
a people’s person. Kindness knows no position. I think I have always been a
person of interest even before being the Vice-President’s wife, I am no
stranger to fame, neither am I a stranger to criticism. I take constructive
criticism with kindness and I keep away from searching myself on the Internet
and social media,” she told the Sunday News.
"Oh, Mrs Chiwenga is very laid back, from home to work and
work to home. I don’t have much of a social life, I like it that way, no
friends, just family. I also go to the farm with my husband and children when
time allows.
“True, I married a loving man who has been on the cutting
edge of history, both before and after independence, but to me he remains an
affectionate, lifelong partner, a simple husband and a dear father to our
children. Likewise, I remain a simple woman who is in deep love, and fortunate
enough to be in a stable marriage, indeed a mother whose main duty and focus is
the home firstly, my immediate community and of-course my country.
Being a former model helped me to develop an elegant,
tailored look that is my own. I love the way I feel and I like to feel the way
I love, I love clothes, and they are a personal passion and a requirement for
my person. There are some who read a fashion statement in the way I dress, that
may be so for them, for me, it is about being presentable and feeling great
about myself, making sure in the same vein that my husband is happy with the
way I am dressed. He is the centre of my attraction and the dress that makes
him happy on a particular day and occasion is what I put on.
She said she did not have any political ambitions at all. “What
keeps me going is fulfilling my role as a wife, mother and carer. Of-course,
outside those roles, I am a businessperson. I like to drive myself, so I am not
driven, I like music especially golden oldies and local music, namely music by
Alick Macheso and Jah Prayzah. And when music takes hold, I express it through
dancing. I also read a lot, both light and heavy, reading to ensure I remain
current, I am not really a TV person.”
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