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Hunter hunted as Steinhoff curse strikes

There’s no little irony as a UK court reveals a grisly end for businessman Malcolm King, Markus Jooste’s fixer

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The Steinhoff swindle, and South Africa’s struggle with white-collar crime

Six convictions in the Steinhoff saga suggest South Africa is tough on white-collar crime – don’t be fooled

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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 foreign lenders

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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.

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‘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

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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 the company

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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. Most would reckon there’d been far…

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 irregularities” and…