Part of the Meikles Group of companies, Greatermans has been in existence for four decades and has over the years become part of the capital's image, selling everything from clothing to electrical gadgets.
Now the department store is shutting down. SW Radio Africa correspondent Simon Muchemwa said a huge banner announcing a `Closing Down Sale' is emblazoned on the outside wall of the store while some shelves are already empty, confirming that indeed the great brand will soon no longer be with us.
Public response to the shutdown has indicated that the store will be missed. Lynette, a mother of one, said she was introduced to the store by her parents as a young girl and she has been a regular customer since. She said the closure of the store means that there won't be a good source of quality clothes in the capital.
Another customer also mourned the development saying it indicates the sad state of the economy. Greatermans is just one of the many local companies that have been affected by the economic meltdown and analysts have said much worse lies ahead for the country. SW Radio Africa
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When great and well established brands like Greatermans have been struggling and are now shutting down people like Philip Chiyagwa and Mai Mujuru have made millions and billions respectively. It is either people like Chiyangwa and Mai Mujuru are extremely shrewd business geniuses or they are extremely corrupt! This is a puzzle that we, as a nation, owe it to ourselves and posterity to thoroughly investigate and have answered.
If these Zanu PF filthy rich individuals are geniuses then the nation needs to tap into their extraordinary talents, especial now when the national economy is in the doldrums.
If they have no talents at all but were the beneficiaries of the extremely corrupt and greed system; then the nation must do everything possible to recover the looted wealth. These individuals have lived lives of unimaginable luxuries all from looted wealth.
The consequences of the mismanagement, corruption and looting by the Zanu PF ruling elite was that millions of ordinary Zimbabweans were forced into a live of abject poverty and despair. The very least the corrupt and greed lot can do is help finance the economic recovery they caused.
Stores like Greatermans as well as many companies nationwide have or will close down and never to open again but let us hope this nation will finally put an end to the madness of corruption and looting so new stores and companies can start up founded on sound economics and honest hard work.