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Markus Jooste

The Wolf of Stellenbosch: Markus Jooste and the making of a financial scandal
Friday
/ 1 April 2025

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

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
FSCA imposes fines of almost R1 billion on dodgy operators
National
/ 28 June 2024

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

By Lyse Comins
Steinhoff’s Markus Jooste dead, allegedly by suicide
National
/ 21 March 2024

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

By Lyse Comins
Steinhoff’s Markus Jooste slapped with R475 million fine
Business
/ 20 March 2024

Steinhoff’s Markus Jooste slapped with R475 million fine

But European executive Dirk Schreiber has entered into a leniency agreement, avoiding a financial penalty

By Lyse Comins
High court says Jooste’s friend has no claim against Reserve Bank
National
/ 6 July 2023

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

By Emsie Ferreira
Where will Markus Jooste appear in court?
National
/ 21 April 2023

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’

By Emsie Ferreira
JSE hands Jooste 20-year ban while Steinhoff criminal investigation continues
Business
/ 11 January 2023

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

By Emsie Ferreira
German court to put Markus Jooste on trial
National
/ 25 November 2022

German court to put Markus Jooste on trial

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

By Emsie Ferreira
Markus Jooste asset seizure: ‘NPA asleep on the job’
Article
/ 20 October 2022

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

By Lyse Comins
‘Steinhoff cannot cherry pick the PwC report for the public’
Business
/ 31 January 2022

‘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’

By Sarah Smit
Capitec Bank flies high above Viceroy’s arrow
Business
/ 17 September 2021

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

By Sarah Smit
Tekkie Town’s Steinhoff fight: ‘We will get our business back’
Business
/ 18 May 2021

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

By Sarah Smit
Khaya Sithole: Board directors are meant to sing for their supper
Opinion
/ 25 March 2021

Khaya Sithole: Board directors are meant to sing for their supper

Current cases make it highly debatable whether those in the boardroom know what they’re doing

By Khaya Sithole
The private-sector players who facilitated public-sector fraud
Opinion
/ 25 February 2021

The private-sector players who facilitated public-sector fraud

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

By Kiri Rupiah and Luke Feltham
Financial conduct body slaps Jooste with R162-million fine
Business
/ 30 October 2020

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

By Thando Maeko
Khaya Sithole: Steinhoff – a gang of desperate adventurers?
Opinion
/ 3 September 2020

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

By Khaya Sithole
EDITORIAL: Writing was on the board for DA
Article
/ 4 October 2019

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

By Editorial
Pay back the money: Markus Jooste, Steinhoff edition
Article
/ 27 June 2019

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

By Mashadi Kekana
Steinhoff results raise more doubt
Article
/ 10 May 2019

Steinhoff results raise more doubt

Revised financial statements reveal just how deeply compromised the ‘zombie company’  is

By Lynley Donnelley
Fictitious and irregular deals key to Steinhoff heist
Article
/ 16 March 2019

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

By Lynley Donnelly
Forensic report into Steinhoff finances delayed
Article
/ 6 December 2018

Forensic report into Steinhoff finances delayed

Steinhoff expects to receive the report at the end of February

By Agency
Steinhoff class action is payback
Article
/ 9 November 2018

Steinhoff class action is payback

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

By Tebogo Tshwane
Lack of funding limits probes into auditors, MPs told
Article
/ 10 October 2018

Lack of funding limits probes into auditors, MPs told

IRBA cannot afford to hire more investigators

By Lameez Omarjee
Lenders allow Jooste more time to pay up
Article
/ 25 September 2018

Lenders allow Jooste more time to pay up

Lenders and other creditors have now agreed that Markus Jooste has until March 2019 to repay his debts without interest

By Loni Prinsloo 1
Clipped Hawks falter over Steinhoff
Article
/ 7 September 2018

Clipped Hawks falter over Steinhoff

The policing unit still needs hard evidence but says that the investigation is ‘receiving attention’

By Lynley Donnelly
This was better with the sound off
Article
/ 7 September 2018

This was better with the sound off

The apparently empathy-deficient Markus Jooste just doesn’t get it

By Paddy Harper
Supercool Jooste stays untouched
Article
/ 7 September 2018

Supercool Jooste stays untouched

Markus Jooste has become a walking wanted poster that shows what a corporate gangster looks like in South Africa

By Raeesa Pather
Parliament committee tells Hawks to move on Steinhoff
Article
/ 5 September 2018

Parliament committee tells Hawks to move on Steinhoff

Steinhoff’s former CEO Markus Jooste testified to Parliament that he did not know about any ‘accounting irregularities’ at the furniture retail giant

By Raeesa Pather
Jooste: I did not know about accounting irregularities
Article
/ 5 September 2018

Jooste: I did not know about accounting irregularities

​Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has testified that the blame for the company’s share price collapse lay with a disgruntled former partner

By Raeesa Pather
How Markus Jooste plans to dodge Parliament’s tough questions
Article
/ 5 September 2018

How Markus Jooste plans to dodge Parliament’s tough questions

The elusive Jooste is set to appear in Parliament on Wednesday to answer questions from MPs

By Raeesa Pather
Khaya Sithole Saica hearing to continue
Article
/ 29 August 2018

Khaya Sithole Saica hearing to continue

Saica’s inquiry into chartered accountant, commentator and former Wits lecturer Khaya Sithole will resume on Wednesday

By Tehillah Nieselow
Steinhoff may be ‘the tip of the iceberg’
Article
/ 24 July 2018

Steinhoff may be ‘the tip of the iceberg’

Steinhoff en die Stellenbosse Boys, launched earlier in July, traces the history of retailer Steinhoff

By Marelise Van Der Merwe
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