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Wanted: Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste missed his date with a German court and now the country wants to extradite him. But South Africa wants him here to face more charges. Graphic: John McCann
BEN LA GRANGE

Where will Markus Jooste appear in court?

For now, South Africa is reluctant to relinquish him to stand trial in Germany for the corporate fraud that nearly imploded ‘Africa’s Ikea’

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
ANGELA SHACKLEFORD

Township attacks chill SA tourism industry

A whiff of panic surrounds South Africa’s tourism industry after deadly xenophobic attacks that have prompted travel warnings from Western nations and led some Africans to cancel…

  • Wendell Roelf
2 min read
ANDREJ HERMLIN

Kenyan police arrest three Europeans

Two German nationals and a Dutch woman filmmaker were arrested by Kenyan police on suspicions related to terrorism, a police spokesperson said on Friday in Nairobi. The German…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
AMSTERDAM

Vast Nazi archive opens to the public

A vast archive of German war records opened its doors to the public on Wednesday, giving historians and Holocaust survivors, who have waited more than 60 years, access to…

  • Arthur Max
3 min read