Steinhoff’s former CEO, Markus Jooste, died by suicide. (Jaco Marais)
The deaths of Markus Jooste and Joe Lieberman revive old debates about the lethargy of reforms necessary to keep capitalism alert to the perpetual risk of self-implosion. These are debates that should attract the attention of our regulators and lawmakers as a matter of priority, says Khaya Sithole.
Over the course of the past two weeks, two figures with remarkably polarising legacies in modern corporate history died.
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