Justice was closing in on Jooste — slowly but surely
His suicide will help to lay to rest the belief that the rich will always get away with it
24 March 2024 - 00:00
The death of Markus Jooste by his own hand in Hermanus this week draws a line of sorts under the Steinhoff accounting scandal, among the most egregious cases of white-collar crime in South African history...
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