Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste's final steps down a fragrant fynbos path to the sea are in stark contrast to the dark corridors of the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Pretoria he would have appeared in on Friday.
Had he been arrested and appeared in court as planned along with Stéhan Grobler, he would probably also have spent the weekend trying to sleep through clanking and shouting in police cells in Pretoria while he waited to apply for bail.
Instead, he is understood to have walked down this path, settled against a rock, and ended his life.