Did Sharemax silence Deon Basson?

There's a great tribute to Deon Basson by top financial journalist Bruce Cameron in which he talks about Basson's investigation of Sharemax saying: "In my view, the Sharemax court action was pure intimidation. Personal Finance also took a close look at Sharemax at about the same time as Deon and came to much the same conclusions, which we published. The articles are on our website: www.persfin.co.za. We have yet to be sued by Sharemax.

For the past few years Deon devoted his time and limited resources to fighting Sharemax. He started writing a book called Public Interest Warriors about the saga, and recently published the first couple of chapters online, on his website www.deonbasson.co.za

You should read what he had to say, particularly if you are contemplating investing in any property syndication scheme.

Sharemax again retaliated with court action, attempting to block publication of the book.

I wouldn't be surprised if the stress of all this contributed to his death."

You can read all about Deon Basson's investigation of Sharemax here, while Moneyweb covered Sharemax's attempts to block the publishing of this book at length.

Speaking to journalists this week about Basson's death I got the distinct impression that many feel a great deal of anger towards Sharemax. This because of how Sharemax sought to muzzle Basson, the vitipuritive nature of their legal attack and because they singled out Basson in his private capacity. Most feel that the stress of dealing with Sharemax was a contributing factor to Basson's death.

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I am so surprized that someone can think that Sharemax had something to do with Deons death. Surely he must have looked eagerly forward to a day in court to prove his point, or did he not have one? When you look at some of his comments he made it sure look in hindsite that he did not have his facts right. Maybe he knew he was going to pay up. Maybe someone can find out what did he die off, let us all know