By Caroline JamesFirst published on Daily Maverick We all know the story of Steinhoff and Marcus Jooste. At least, we think we do. What we do know has been uncovered by careful and thorough investigative journalism, but the majority of Jooste’s and the company’s secrets remain locked in a vault of confidentiality imposed by Steinhoff Read more >
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The South African government’s extensive, but sometimes redundant use of management consultants to help drive its strategic goals once again came under the spotlight recently with the online launch of The Consultants, a report by civil society group Open Secrets. Authored by Zen Mathe, Luvano Ntuli, and Mamello Mosiana, the report looks into the dubious Read more >
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The 2020 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, released recently by PwC, reveals some surprising facts, and some that are not so surprising. In South Africa, the percentage of economic crime incidents was reported as having decreased from 77% in 2018 to 60% in 2020, marking the first time this figure had declined in the Read more >
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Two years ago PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) revealed in their 2014 Global Economic Crime Survey that 69% of respondents indicating they had experienced some form of economic crime in the 24 months preceding the survey. In the latest edition of the professional services firm’s biennial survey, released on Tuesday, that trend has remained exactly the same. Two-thirds Read more >
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As a nation, South Africa has many attractive features – and a few undesirable ones too. A fresh survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reveals a few of the latter – bribery and corruption, procurement fraud, cybercrime, insider trading, and more. Titled the 2014 Global Economic Crime Survey, it unpacks economic crime in the country, and was Read more >