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April 10, 2015

87 companies liquidated in 2014

HARARE – A total of 87 companies were liquidated in 2014 compared to 44 in the year ago period while companies under judicial management rose to 60 from 44, data obtained from the Master of High Court shows.

Kaukonde next on chopping block

HARARE – Former Mashonaland East ZANU-PF chairman Ray Kaukonde is topping the list of heavyweights to be dismissed from the troubled party this quarter as hawks aspiring to succeed President Robert Mugabe in the event that he relinquishes power move to depopulate the political arena of perceived rivals who could frustrate their ambitions from within the governing party.

Living in a Lunatic Asylum

The man who created Singapore died a few days ago. I watched his son, now Prime Minister himself, give the eulogy at his father’s funeral, it was a brilliant speech, almost a sermon and deeply moving.

Great send off for Somanje

MARONDERA – When the body of sungura musician Daiton Somanje arrived at his home in Museve Street in Marondera on Thursday around 10am, scores of people came from the neighbourhood to pay their last respects to their own hero.