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Due diligence: The Mpati Commission found that the PIC had not always adhered to sound policies, processes and frameworks. Photo: Screenshot

Hunt on for PIC’s lost billions

Despite asset growth to R3.7 trillion, questions persist over distressed loans and legacy investment scandals

The IDC should establish an independent forum to address employee relations issues.
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IDC deal must be scrutinised

Ramaphosa must now turn to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), which faces allegations of corporate governance failures similar to the PIC case. The latest concerns are…

Markus Jooste. File photo

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

But European executive Dirk Schreiber has entered into a leniency agreement, avoiding a financial penalty This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…

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

Former Steinhoff CEO, Markus Jooste. File photo

Stiffer fines for auditors ‘will not bring back credibility’

The profession has taken a reputational knock in recent years, amid serious accounting scandals

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It’s crisis time for out-of-touch JSE

Delistings and barriers to newcomers threaten to make the local bourse more top-heavy, seeing it serve an even narrower section of the economy

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

Government forges on with dirty money clean up to avoid greylisting

Ismail Momoniat is hoping to take ‘a massive step forward’ in fortifying the country’s money laundering controls by passing two bills before next February

The JSE found Ben la Grange failed to fulfil his duties ‘with the necessary due care and skill’. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Former Steinhoff CFO fined, banned from directing a listed company for the next decade

The JSE found Ben la Grange failed to fulfil his duties ‘with the necessary due care and skill’

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’

Ruwayda Redfearn

‘It is right that auditing is under scrutiny’ — Deloitte Africa CEO-elect

Incoming chief executive Ruwayda Redfearn says Deloitte has learned a lot about the importance of ‘professional scepticism’ from its corporate mishaps