Markus Jooste dead

[Bundu]

good riddance to bad rubbish - fvkker cost me a lot of money

 

[dualmeister]

Bummer.

I think he was trying to avoid that in prison.

 

[Jam Sandwich]

I think he was trying to avoid that in prison.

Hopefully he gets plenty in hell...

 

[Sideshow Bob]

No speculation now.

Markus Jooste died by suicide before he had to hand himself over to the Hawks | Business

Former Steinhoff Markus Jooste died by suicide in Hermanus on Thursday, a day before he was told to hand himself over to law enforcement, News24 has established.

www.news24.com

 

[ForceFate]

Not sure where he was arrested when this happened but surely the guy had loads of options still.

With all his cash, surely he could have tried to escape and live a low key life somewhere far away from the West? Then if that goes up in smoke, pop himself?

Maybe he was under surveilance.

 

[Spizz]

Literally who.

The guy who cost Christo Weise $4.5bn

 

[DapperDanMan]

Maybe that's the plan

I'd imagine he is at home in Hermanus as I can 100% tell you he was in a Hermanus restaurant with his wife and some friends at the weekend.

He was rich enough to afford a body double.

Your eyes deceived you, Spizz!

 

[6spdmanual]

Markus Jooste died by suicide before he had to hand himself over to the Hawks | Business

Former Steinhoff Markus Jooste died by suicide in Hermanus on Thursday, a day before he was told to hand himself over to law enforcement, News24 has established.

www.news24.com

 

[DapperDanMan]

NOT ANYMORE, CARLO!

 

[Fulcrum29]

No speculation now.

Markus Jooste died by suicide before he had to hand himself over to the Hawks | Business

Former Steinhoff Markus Jooste died by suicide in Hermanus on Thursday, a day before he was told to hand himself over to law enforcement, News24 has established.

www.news24.com

Details around the incident are still uncertain.

Newzroom said "sources" close to Jooste.

Eh...

 

[3WA]

Not sure where he was arrested when this happened but surely the guy had loads of options still.

With all his cash, surely he could have tried to escape and live a low key life somewhere far away from the West?

This works best if you also fake your death.

 

[ForceFate]

Newzroom said "sources" close to Jooste.

Eh...

Waiting for a statement from The Hawks.

 

[Fulcrum29]

He was rich enough to afford a body double.

Your eyes deceived you, Spizz!

From what I understand, I have multiple body doubles. I am always somewhere, yet never there. Every now and then someone would tell me something new about me. People should slow down with the liquor; it makes their eyes wet.

Though I have also heard that Jooste travelled about, perhaps Spizz is right.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Waiting for a statement from The Hawks.

Until there is something concrete, it is all alleged.

 

[PaulNOTsaul]

Best news I've heard all day, he deserved the death penalty anyway

 

[Fulcrum29]

The state news agency kept it short:

Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste dies - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste has died.

www.sabcnews.com

Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste dies​

Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste has died. The SABC has just confirmed that Jooste shot himself.

 

[backstreetboy]

Until there is something concrete, it is all alleged.

Markus Jooste - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Markus Johannes Jooste (22 January 1961 – 21 March 2024)[1][2][3] was a South African businessman and the former CEO of Steinhoff International.

 

[Harmonic]

The SABC has a different view than a lot of people here

Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste has tragically died. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has confirmed that Jooste took his own life.

 

[Spizz]

He was rich enough to afford a body double.

Your eyes deceived you, Spizz!

That voice of his when he speaks English is a giveaway

 

[Fulcrum29]

Markus Jooste - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I see the News24 article has been updated which is cited as the source in the Wiki:

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has died​

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has died, News24 has confirmed.

Insiders in Hermanus, in the Western Cape, also confirm that Jooste shot himself. Details around the incident are still uncertain.

Insiders in Hermanus, are they not called townspeople?