Steinheist

The Steinhoff crash wiped billions off the JSE, the net worth of tycoon Christo Wiese and off the pension funds of ordinary South Africans. When the firm was exposed as a house of cards, shock waves reverberated around the world as tales of fraudulent accounting, fast living, race horses, a mistress and the Stellenbosch mafia hit the headlines. As investors and regulators count the costs, Rob Rose gets to the bottom of SA's biggest corporate fraud.