Ben la Grange could be subpoenaed to appear before MPs’ meeting on Steinhoff collapse
Parliament’s finance committee has decided to ask parliament to issue a subpoena against former Steinhoff CFO Ben la Grange immediately to get him to appear at its meeting on the collapsed global retailer, scheduled for August 29. Parliament is also considering whether to issue a subpoena against former Steinhoff CEO Marcus Jooste. La Grange was willing to appear before the committee at its initially scheduled meeting on Wednesday, but his lawyer has informed the committee that the lawyer is not available for the new date of August 29, and so La Grange will also not appear. The committee had to postpone the meeting by a week because Steinhoff representatives who would have briefed it on the latest developments have to attend a court hearing in the Netherlands on Wednesday, and requested a postponement.
Considering the "enormous gravity" of the Steinhoff crisis, which led to the loss of billions of rand for investors, the committee decided to ask the office of National Assembly...
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