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The docuseries makes us wonder how many Joostes are still out there cooking the books.

The Wolf of Stellenbosch: Markus Jooste and the making of a financial scandal

Steinheist dives deep into Markus Jooste’s billion-rand fraud and its shocking aftermath

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FSCA imposes fines of almost R1 billion on dodgy operators

The financial sector regulator is clamping down on service providers that are not compliant with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations

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Steinhoff’s Markus Jooste dead, allegedly by suicide

The disgraced former chief executive allegedly shot himself on a Hermanus beach in the Western Cape just a day after he was slapped with a R475 million fine

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

Steinhoff’s Markus Jooste slapped with R475 million fine

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Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

High court says Jooste’s friend has no claim against Reserve Bank

The central bank told the court that Berdine Odendaal had a repudiated an agreement to be given access to frozen funds by demanding more

Wanted: Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste missed his date with a German court and now the country wants to extradite him. But South Africa wants him here to face more charges. Graphic: John McCann

Where will Markus Jooste appear in court?

For now, South Africa is reluctant to relinquish him to stand trial in Germany for the corporate fraud that nearly imploded ‘Africa’s Ikea’

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

JSE hands Jooste 20-year ban while Steinhoff criminal investigation continues

Markus Jooste is still challenging JSE fines totalling R15 million for his role in the balance sheet scandal

Authorities in southern Germany have indicted former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

German court to put Markus Jooste on trial

The former Steinhoff chief executive is among four accused indicted by the regional court in Oldenburg

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

Markus Jooste asset seizure: ‘NPA asleep on the job’

Analysts believe it will be easier to build a case against the former Steinhoff CEO on ‘lesser crimes’ instead of complex international investment fraud

On 5 December 2017, Markus Jooste (right) suddenly resigned as Steinhoff chief executive amid an investigation into accounting irregularities at the firm.  (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

‘Steinhoff cannot cherry pick the PwC report for the public’

The retail firm has not established why the contents of the 3 000-page report is privileged, counsel argued. And even if it had, the report’s release is ‘in the public’s interest’

Off target: Capitec Bank took on short-seller Viceroy, whose founder Fraser Perring is pictured, and whose report on the bank was subsequently found to be false. (Photo: Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Capitec Bank flies high above Viceroy’s arrow

The bank took a knock after being labelled a loan shark by the short seller, but this has not stymied its growth

‘Temporary suffering’: Bernard Mostert has cofounded a new footwear company but is determined to have his day in court to try to obtain Steinhoff’s liquidation. (Chris Leggatt)

Tekkie Town’s Steinhoff fight: ‘We will get our business back’

Bernard Mostert on the ordeal of losing a business he helped build and the fight to get it back

Three strikes against KPMG – now what?

The private-sector players who facilitated public-sector fraud

Let us never forget the private-sector players who facilitated public-sector fraud

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

Financial conduct body slaps Jooste with R162-million fine

The former Steinhoff chief executive and three others have been fined by the FSCA for insider trading in the days leading up to the company’s 2017 share price crash

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Khaya Sithole: Steinhoff – a gang of desperate adventurers?

As long as the only legitimate litigant is Steinhoff itself, the company’s directors will remain at large

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EDITORIAL: Writing was on the board for DA

It ought not to have made any sense. And yet, it somehow did. The DA had spent much of the year before at war with itself

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

Pay back the money: Markus Jooste, Steinhoff edition

The former Steinhoff chief executive could be ordered to pay back R870-million to the global general household retailer

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. (David Harrison/M&G)

Fictitious and irregular deals key to Steinhoff heist

The summary of a PwC report sketches an outline of the conspiracy at the heart of efforts to inflate the retail group’s profits and assets

Steinhoff’s share price has plunged by over 95% since its former CEO Markus Jooste abruptly resigned a year ago. (David Harrison/M&G)

Forensic report into Steinhoff finances delayed

Steinhoff expects to receive the report at the end of February

Markus Jooste. (David Harrison)

Steinhoff class action is payback

The major bid lists as many as 42 defendants to get as much as possible out for investors