Tito Mboweni got a new look. Picture: X/ Tito Mboweni.
Former finance minister Tito Mboweni has ended a week of scrutiny by the fashion police by getting a fresh new haircut.
Mboweni was dragged on Monday after posting a snap of himself with Professor Hlengani Mathebula at Polokwane airport.
Social media users were quick to critique his “scruffy” appearance, with one social media user claiming he looked “like a hobo”.
But by Saturday he had got a haircut and a shave.
Check the transformation below:
He said the change came because “the people have spoken”.
Users were quick to swoon over the transformation, joking that he would soon steal “our girlfriends”
Others said they wanted a “midlife crisis” like him.
A few simply praised “The Duke of Magoebaskloof”.
The former politician found an ally in musician Zwai Bala, who questioned the debate around the former MP’s appearance.
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“So what? Do we really have the luxury of doing this to each other, about each other, at each other when we could be spending the time discussing the change we want to see and the lessons we have learnt from the past?”
He added that “ridiculing and character assassination won’t change the past”.
Mboweni has previously hit back at criticism of his fashion sense, especially his scruffed shoes which he said are expensive.
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He posted a picture of the pair of Clarks priced online for between R1 000 and R3 000.
“Laugh at them for the last time!” he said.
He also questioned why no one was making a big deal about Cyril Ramaphosa’s shoes, which were similar.
“Why my shoes always? Why not his?
“Because he is the president, you don’t comment about the same type of shoes as mine. Actually, mine are better, it’s class.”
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