Phillip Chiyangwa, a cousin of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, is never shy to celebrate his success and publicly flaunt his wealth.
And in keeping with that tradition, the flamboyant Harare businessman and politician has just taken delivery of a monstrous custom-made limousine, adding to the already large and expensively assembled list of luxury cars in the garage of his Borrowdale mansion.
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“I’m living my life … this car probably cost me more than half a million dollars … and this is just a transformer – I have also acquired a jet,” Chiyangwa told NewZimbawbe.com in an interview Sunday.
“This is the first of its kind … and the last one; they (manufacturers) only made this one.”
He mounts a robust defence when asked whether it is not insensitive for a politician to be splashing millions on luxury cars when the majority of Zimbabweans are barely managing to get one meal per day.
“If I have knocked out a bank the police will come after me. No one is stopping you from making your own money,” he said.
“How many years have I been driving nice cars to then stop now; under whose instructions? And whose money am I using, is it public funds?
“Why shouldn’t I celebrate? You should not forget that I’m a businessman first and a politician second.
“I don’t work for the country, I work for myself and my family first and those who work for me; you understand?
“This (public show of wealth) shows you that this politician is working and I have no apologies to make.
“It’s a narrow mentality; and if you write about narrow things it means you too have no cash. Ndonyaya yacho umwe wangu; the narrower you become the more finished you are.
Chiyangwa named his pricy limousine the Transformer after the Hollywood blockbusters featuring robots which mutate into various objects as they seek the key to ultimate power.
The controversial tycoon shows off his latest acquisition in a selfie video making the rounds on social media.
Chiyangwa claims to be a self-made multi-millionaire who started as a vegetable vendor in Chegutu.
But Zimbabweans are convinced that the fact President Robert Mugabe is his uncle cannot have been a disadvantage.
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