Du Val's Charlotte and Kenyon Clarke could be homeless by Christmas

Du Val's Charlotte and Kenyon Clarke could be homeless by Christmas
'Freaking awful': Du Val chief executive Charlotte Clarke gives a tearful account of personal receivership pressures. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Garth Bray
It takes 60 seconds to find a box of tissues, but it feels like an age. Charlotte Clarke (in receivership) is in tears and husband Kenyon Clarke (in receivership) is having a hard time locating them. The mug of gumboot tea and Value-brand milk is getting cold on the coffee table, but the current chief executive of Du Val Property (in statutory management) is just warming up. “It's freaking awful,” is Charlotte Clarke’s curt assessment of being placed in personal receivership under court orders obtained by th...

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