Mzansi divided over Tito Mboweni's plea to stop calling the president by his first name

In Kigali we refer to President Kagame NOT him as Paul! Hayibo! Please people!

— Tito Mboweni (@tito_mboweni) May 26, 2019

Agreed!

— Raymond Suttner (@RaymondSuttner) May 26, 2019

Aibo wena madala Musa ukuphapha😂ngeke sizwe ngawe

— Chwepheshe Zungu 🇿🇦 (@chwepheshe_z) May 26, 2019

It’s modern times . Politicians are civil servants they aren’t gods they aren’t better than us . His name is Cyril . This isn’t the game of thrones 😂

— Jenifer (@SteynJenifer) May 27, 2019

It's a slippery slope once leaders have to be called by titles. Next thing we will have to call him Supreme Leader.

— Louis Nel (@LouisNel) May 26, 2019

I think Minister Mboweni is right. To value democracy is to value the institutions which constitute it, and by extension the offices which constitute these institutions. Respect for the office of the presidency is respect for our democratic values.

— Keenan Magiera (@KeenanMagiera) May 26, 2019

We should be less fixated with titles and more obsessed with doing our jobs.

— Nolan Naidoo (@nolannaidoo28) May 26, 2019

He is the head of republic not our king, we elected him, we get to call him what we like.

I know he’s your boss but we are citizens not servants

— ConsuliZambane (@EmperorAxe) May 26, 2019

You should have trained them on Prez Zuma. It would be smooth sailing now.

— Mzwanele Manyi (@MzwaneleManyi) May 26, 2019

We call you shasha, we call him cyril, we call him DD, we call them what ever we want.

— mahlauleg (@Mapengo_Ntsako) May 26, 2019

Phela wena Malum Tito uncenga ukuba uMinister, thina asincengi lutho...

— MsThando To You (@MsThandoh) May 26, 2019

We should be less fixated with titles and more obsessed with doing our jobs.

— Nolan Naidoo (@nolannaidoo28) May 26, 2019