Markus Hinterhäuser has been given a third five-year term as artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, extending his tenure in one of Europe’s most influential cultural roles to the longest since Herbert von Karajan‘s reign from 1956-89. The festival said Thursday that its board of directors agreed to a contract through 2031 with a provision […]
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Ex-Poundland boss Markus Jooste dies of gunshot wound in South Africa
Markus Jooste, the former head of the Steinhoff retail group that was at the centre of a huge corporate fraud case in South Africa, has died. Police said Jooste succumbed to a gunshot wound in hospital, with local media reporting he shot himself at his home in the southern town of Hermanus. “The circumstances surrounding […]