DINNER PARTY INTEL: Markus Jooste goes to church
Disgraced former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste emerged from hiding on Sunday, but only for a brief while
1. Markus Jooste goes to church Disgraced former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste emerged from hiding on Sunday, but only for a brief while and not quite in the public eye. He attended the christening of his 10-month-old granddaughter — the child of his daughter Andrea and her husband, Stefan Potgieter — in the NG Church in Hermanus, according to Die Burger. Jooste, who is believed to be in seclusion in his Hermanus mansion, joined family and friends for the christening, then slipped out of the church through a side door. 2. Low point for Sky Australia’s Sky News is paying for right-winger Blair Cottrell’s recent racist rant on the channel. Cottrell, a confessed admirer of Adolf Hitler, has a string of criminal convictions, according to Australian media. He told the television channel that migrants from other African countries should be banned and preference be given to white SA farmers. So far, advertising has been pulled from the channel by multinational financial firm American Express...
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