Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg STEADY_PAYWALL COMMENT: The Steinhoff board's sincerity in wanting to get to the bottom of the scandal was evident in its appointment of its most respected non-executive directors – Dr Johan van Zyl (ex CEO Sanlam); Dr Steve Booysen (ex CEO Absa) and Heather Sonn – as the subcommittee which will oversee greater independence in the group. The trio have been investigating assets on the Steinhoff Europe balance sheet which appears to be where auditors Deloitte found problems. Van Zyl and co have found issues that stretch back at least into the previous financial year hence the rather blunt statement that the 2016 financials should be disregarded.