The Steinhoff swindle, and South Africa’s struggle with white-collar crime
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Analysis: has the South African Reserve Bank gone rogue?
The former Steinhoff group is locked in a bitter legal war with the SARB, which it argues is being vindictive at the expense of…
Inside the PwC report: what really brought Steinhoff to its knees
Steinhoff hid the 7,000-page report into its dirty dealings for seven years. That report carefully details the retailer’s fall from grace…
After the fall: Jooste’s stiff upper lip
Markus Jooste was calculating and methodical as Steinhoff collapsed around him. He didn’t count on being ratted out.…
‘Can you send me a quick €500,000’
Remuneration rules went out the window at Steinhoff, where Markus Jooste was amply rewarded for his fraud…
Steinhoff loses (another) battle for secrecy
The Supreme Court of Appeal has found in favour of two media outlets, ruling that Steinhoff must hand over its report into wrongdoing at…
Why independence matters most
Of all the reasons for Pick n Pay’s existential challenges, few analysts would have tagged lack of involvement by the Ackerman family as one. …
Markus did the crime – now this man is doing the time
All of a sudden, prosecutors have got serious about Steinhoff. For seven years after the retailer imploded in December 2017, having copped to “accounting…
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