Ugwetshwe iminyaka eli-10 ngelokukhwabanisa owayengu-CFO kwa-Steinhoff

U-Andries Benjamin La Grange, owayeyiSikhulu Esiphezulu Sezezimali (i-CFO) sase-Steinhoff, ugwetshwe iminyaka eyi-10 ebhadla ejele yiNkantolo Yamacala Akhethekile Ezohwebo yasePitoli ngeqhaza lakhe ohlelweni lokukhwabanisa u-R367 million.

Lesi sigwebo siza ngemuva kokuthi uLa Grange enze isivumelwano noMbuso ngaphansi kweSigaba 105A, ewavuma amacala okukhwabanisa.

Kule minyaka engu-10, iminyaka emihlanu ilengisiwe ngaphansi kombandela wokuthi uLa Grange angatholwa enecala lokukhwabanisa phakathi neminyaka emihlanu ezayo futhi usebenzisane noMbuso ophenyweni olwengeziwe oluhlobene necala laseSteinhoff.

Ukugwetshwa kukaLa Grange kuvela emisebenzini yokukhwabanisa eyenziwa phakathi kukaNovemba noDisemba 2016.

Eceleni nowayeyi-CEO yakwa-Steinhoff, u-Markus Johannes Jooste, owashona ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, u-La Grange wasebenzisa amarekhodi ezezimali enkampani ukuze akhuphule izitatimende zezimali ze-Steinhoff Group zika-2016.

Lokhu kukhohlisa kwathinta izinkampani ezingaphansi eziningana, ezihlanganisa iSteinhoff At Work, iSteinhoff Manufacturing, kanye neSteinhoff South Africa.

Lokhu kungahambi kahle kwezimali kwatholakala ngesikhathi sophenyo lweJohannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), oluholele ekutheni uLa Grange ahlawuliswe u-R2 million futhi avinjwe ukuba sesikhundleni kunoma iyiphi inkampani yomphakathi iminyaka eyishumi.

ISteinhoff, eyake yaba inkampani enkulu yamazwe ngamazwe ephethe izitolo, yaqedwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-Okthoba 2023 ngemuva kweminyaka yokuntenga kwezimali.

Ukuwa kwale nkampani, okudalwe kakhulu ukukhwabanisa okusabalele ebuholini bayo, kube ngamahlazo amakhulu kakhulu emlandweni waseNingizimu Afrika.

I-National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) kanye ne-Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) bancome lesi sigwebo njengokunqoba okubalulekile. Esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe, lezi zinhlaka zombili zithe ukugwetshwa kukaLa Grange kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekuphenduleni izigebengu zezinkampani.

“Lesi sigwebo sesibili esikhathini esingangesonto odabeni lwaseSteinhoff sikhombisa ukuthi ukujeziswa akusekho ebugebengwini bezentengiselwano obuyinkimbinkimbi. Leli cala lalingelinye lamacala ayinkimbinkimbi kunawo wonke ake aphathwa yi-NPA kanye ne-DPCI, kanti ngenkathi lowo owayeyi-CEO u-Markus Jooste ebalekela ubulungisa ngokuzibulala, lo mphumela ubonisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekulandeleni ubulungiswa kwelinye lamacala amakhulu kakhulu okukhwabanisa ezweni.”

ULa Grange kulindeleke ukuthi anikeze ubufakazi kunoma yikuphi ukushushiswa kwezinye izikhulu zeSteinhoff nabasebenzi abathintekayo kuleli hlazo.