{"id":16692,"date":"2022-08-29T15:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=16692"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T13:20:36","slug":"must-watch-trailer-alert-steinheist-the-new-showmax-original-from-the-creators-of-devilsdorp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/must-watch-trailer-alert-steinheist-the-new-showmax-original-from-the-creators-of-devilsdorp\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-watch trailer alert: &#8220;Steinheist&#8221;, the new Showmax Original from the creators of Devilsdorp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>This September, something doesn\u2019t add up\u2026&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Showmax has just dropped the trailer for\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steinheist<\/a><\/em>, a three-part documentary series about the biggest corporate scam in South African history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The biggest corporate scam in Mzansi&#039;s history! Steinheist | A Showmax Original Documentary\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fK-N3ac4VV8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Steinheist trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 6 December 2017, after CEO Markus Jooste resigned amid an investigation into accounting irregularities, Steinhoff\u2019s share price plunged by 90% in a week, wiping over R200 billion off Johannesburg&#8217;s stock exchange, JSE &#8211; and off ordinary South Africans\u2019 pensions and investments. As&nbsp;<em>Financial Mail<\/em>&nbsp;editor Rob Rose says in the trailer, \u201cThat\u2019s South Africa\u2019s Enron.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Markus_Jooste.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Markus_Jooste.jpg?resize=600%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Markus_Jooste.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Markus_Jooste.jpg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Markus Jooste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Steinheist<\/em>&nbsp;is made by Idea Candy, the producers of&nbsp;<em>Devilsdorp<\/em>, the record-breaking Showmax Original that is now the most nominated documentary going into the South African Film and Television Awards this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBefore the Steinhoff crash, the furniture giant was billed as \u2018the Ikea of Africa\u2019, employing over 130 000 people on over 40 brands across four continents,\u201d says director Richard Finn Gregory, whose Patagonia-set feature documentary on Showmax,&nbsp;<em>The Boers At The End of The World<\/em>, won three SAFTAs in 2016. \u201c<em>Steinheist<\/em>is the story of Markus Jooste and a hundred-billion-rand lie that everyone bought &#8211; a lie that was built across over two decades. How did this happen? How did no one see it coming? And how is Marcus Jooste not in jail?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trailer gives the first glimpses of the richest cast in Showmax history, including Jooste; former Steinhoff chairman Christo Wiese, who remains a billionaire despite reportedly losing the bulk of his&nbsp;wealth in the Steinhoff crash; Bruno Steinhoff, founder of Steinhoff International; Louis du Preez, the current Steinhoff CEO, who\u2019s been a driving force behind the company\u2019s remarkable recovery; and Coronation co-founder Thys du Toit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Christo_Wiese.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" data-id=\"16695\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Christo_Wiese.jpeg?resize=600%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Christo_Wiese.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Christo_Wiese.jpeg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Christo Wiese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The gripping documentary also includes exclusive interviews with Rose, who wrote the book of the same name that&nbsp;<em>Steinheist&nbsp;<\/em>is adapted from, and Pieter du Toit, author of&nbsp;<em>The Stellenbosch Mafia. BizNews<\/em>&nbsp;editor Alec Hogg,&nbsp;<em>Moneyweb<\/em>&nbsp;managing editor Ryk van Niekerk, and award-winning financial journalist Fifi Peters also feature.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Pieter_du_Toit.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Pieter_du_Toit.jpg?resize=600%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Pieter_du_Toit.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Pieter_du_Toit.jpg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pieter du Toit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Alec_Hogg.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Alec_Hogg.jpg?resize=600%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Alec_Hogg.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Alec_Hogg.jpg?resize=300%2C127&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Alec Hogg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Ryk_Van_Niekerk.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Ryk_Van_Niekerk.jpg?resize=600%2C255&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Ryk_Van_Niekerk.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steinheist_2022_Ryk_Van_Niekerk.jpg?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ryk van Niekerk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Also including footage of Jooste\u2019s 2018 testimony before parliament,&nbsp;<em>Steinheist&nbsp;<\/em>provides a fascinating, insider glimpse into what Wiese describes in the trailer as \u201cthe Jooste black magic\u201d and into a complex man who is described variously as \u201cone of the best accountants ever in this country\u201d (van Niekerk); as someone who was only interested in his business and in horse-racing (Hogg); as someone who \u201cgot addicted to the lifestyle, the money, the fame\u201d (Thys du Toit); and as a \u201cvery clever, slick, and a very slippery operator\u201d (Pieter du Toit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how did a company put blinkers on a country?&nbsp;<em>Steinheist&nbsp;<\/em>will premiere on Showmax on 22 September 2022, with new episodes every Thursday until 6 October 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steinheist | A Showmax Original Documentary | Weekly from 22 September\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-phqMJ7E7H4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Steinheist teaser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This September, something doesn\u2019t add up\u2026&nbsp; Showmax has just dropped the trailer for\u00a0Steinheist, a three-part documentary series about the biggest corporate scam in South African history. On 6 December 2017, after CEO Markus Jooste resigned amid an investigation into accounting irregularities, Steinhoff\u2019s share price plunged by 90% in a week, wiping over R200 billion off&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/must-watch-trailer-alert-steinheist-the-new-showmax-original-from-the-creators-of-devilsdorp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Must-watch trailer alert: &#8220;Steinheist&#8221;, the new Showmax Original from the creators of Devilsdorp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-16692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}