BNC#6: Wiese Q&A – Markus Jooste, last days of Steinhoff, Rainbow Nation and more
Renowned South African businessman Christo Wiese addressed the nation’s pressing issues and potential pathways for progress.
Renowned South African businessman Christo Wiese addressed the nation’s pressing issues and potential pathways for progress.
Had he been able to see it, the perpetrator of South Africa’s biggest-ever corporate fraud would have enjoyed delivering his usual scathing criticism of the media.
APC’s Themba Godi has lamented the lack of justice in the case of Markus Jooste and the lack of accountability for President Cyril Ramaphosa.
No judgment could ever reverse the damage to his reputation in the Court of Public Opinion. A lesson for all lawyers – and their clients.
Alec Hogg’s interview with Francois Nortje gathered a lot of traction, and the BizNews community had their say about the scandal.
Willie Els, chairman of the Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway development, says numerous statements made on BizNews by Port of Gauteng developer Francois Nortje were inaccurate.
Nortje’s conclusion: Jooste and his cohorts are not in jail because they have bought protection from a certain powerful member of the Gauteng ANC.
Francois Nortje joins the dots and concludes Markus Jooste and his pals are only walking free despite their massive fraud because they’ve paid off ANC bigwigs.
Dirk Schreiber, former finance chief of Steinhoff International Holdings NV in Europe, has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail by a German court.
Unfortunately, yesterday marked the demise of any remaining hope for Steinhoff shareholders who had been clinging to the possibility of a miracle.