Standing Committee on Finance must get stuck into the ‘accounting irregularities’ scandal at Steinhoff
11 January 2018
On 11 December 2017, I wrote to the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Yunus Carrim, requesting him to consider scheduling public hearings on the scandal surrounding “accounting irregularities” at Steinhoff International Holdings N.V.
Since my request, the scandal at Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. has snowballed with:
- the resignation of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr Christo Wiese, on 15 December 2017;
- the resignation of the Chief Financial Officer, Mr Ben la Grange, on 04 January 2018; and