Three years after his death, everything in Dreams Bar went under the hammer on Friday. Even in deaths, the “ides of November” seems to be stalking Ginimbi. When NewsDay Weekender visited the nightclub, it was a pale shadow of its former glory. Potential buyers were milling around waiting to scavenge for things on offer.
Related Articlesaptly named his nightclub: Dreams. In life, Ginimbi had indeed dared to dream. A rural boy from Domboshava, an idyllic countryside northeast of Harare, emerged from a granite-hilled landscape to capture the attention of Zimbabwe and the continent through his lavish lifestyle and extravagant display of his wealth.
His business success transcended borders and he was known even in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya, mainly thanks to social media. In life, Ginimbi was an enigma whose source of vast fortunes remains a mystery. The prominent dealer would usually throw a big birthday bash in October every year. Guests would be required to dress in
white.We were instructed by the directors of Dreams Night Club to sell the stuff. They were struggling to run the bar, and the overhead bill kept on ballooning,” said Kaftin Auctioneers officials, who declined to be named.
For one to witness or take part in the auction, he or she had to part with US$400. The media was denied access to the proceedings. Ginimbi’s funeral drew large crowds beginning on a Friday as hundreds of people, among them international dignitaries, turned up at a funeral parlor in the capital as his body was being collected. The late flamboyant socialite was mourned in a way that will probably go down in the annals of history as among the most affluent.
Among the items sold included four Lamborghini (champagne carrying holders), four Ferraris (champagne carrying holders), six bar fridges, five-door cardboard display unit with aluminum glass and aluminum doors. The other auctioned items included 99 honeycomb lights, one bar sink, 32 big ice buckets, 23 stools, 23 amplifiers, two display upright fridges, 32 big ice buckets, 25 small ice buckets, 12 shisha pots, 37 shisha heads, 40 shisha pipes, 23 stools, and 23 round tables.
Nice cocktail tables, 34 speaker tops, 12 bass speakers, seven ceiling air cons, 56 screen panels, six red couch pieces, 41 black couch pieces, seven white couch pieces, and six silver couch pieces also went under the hammer.
