Ex-Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste was identified as the 63-year-old man who police said had apparently died by suicide in an affluent suburb along the coast from Cape Town.
Ex-Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste has been identified as the deceased. For help, call Samaritans for free on 116 123 or visit samaritans.orgA former Poundland boss has died in South Africa amid reports he shot himself as police were on the verge of arresting him, a day after he was ordered to pay a £19million fine over a major fraud scandal.
Instead, he told his wife Ingrid he was going for a walk. Shortly after, police arrived at his home, and he is said to have shot himself in the head as they closed in. 'Our members were called out to a scene at a beach in Hermanus, where a 63-year-old man gunshot wound to the head,' Lt-Col Malcolm Pojie said.
The FSCA said Jooste's death would have no bearing on its investigation into Steinhoff, or on the 475 million rand penalty imposed on him. The Financial Times said Jooste had died of a gunshot wound, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The businessman regularly made headlines in South Africa for his alleged affair with polo-playing socialite Berdine Odendaal
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