Following the charging of Pillay, Janse van Rensburg and Van Loggerenberg, concerns have been raised that the next target of the NPA will be Gordhan.
The three have been investigated for years by the Hawks for an alleged role in spying activities during their time at the revenue service.
The three have requested that the NPA withdraw the summonses against them
Ivan Pillay, Johann van Loggerenberg, and Andries Janse van Rensburg were on Friday issued summons to appear in the Pretoria Regional Court on April 9
KPMG had in September last year offered to repay SARS the R23m fee it received for the work performed during its investigation into the "rogue unit".
The report was at the heart of battles fought within SARS that saw a number of senior technocrats forced out of the agency.
Clandestine meeting held to thwart M&G investigation into SARS commissioner Tom Moyane’s relationship with President Jacob Zuma
The North Gauteng High Court took issue with the speed at which the applicants made the application.
The NPA boss denies reports that he may drop the charges against finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
The minister was answering a question in Parliament on whether he had been aware of the incident at Sars before the it became public.
The M&G has seen footage of an altercation between Sars employee Vlok Symington, four Hawks officials and the bodyguard of Sars boss Tom Moyane.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday he would not make a presentation to the NPA head.
The finance minister will not make any presentations to the national director of public prosecutions, according to his legal team.
The finance minister is accused of fraud but followed legally acceptable procedures.
Damning report alleges possible fraud and money laundering by Sars second-in-command.
The ANC deputy secretary general has described Gordhan’s refusal to report to the Hawks as part of an international campaign against South Africa.
South African citizens and civil society organisations have rallied around finance minister Pravin Gordhan and the former SARS officials.
The three said the attacks on people working in various public institutions are aimed at undermining the fight against corruption.
Pravin Gordhan pulled into Hawks investigation of Sars, in what seems to be a proxy war between the president and the finance minister.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC, a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
A new twist in the ongoing saga of spy vs spy in the South African Revenue Service can now be revealed.
Suspended Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay and strategic planning risk group executive Peter Richer have resigned from Sars with immediate effect.
Lingering suspicions are extremely damaging to Sars, one of the few state institutions to have retained a reputation for integrity.
Efforts to forge a political settlement appear to have been scuppered by a controversial report.
By establishing the rogue intelligence unit, suspended deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay ‘elevated’ costs to ‘R106-million’, according to Sars.
The deputy commissioner is still suspended after a CCMA resolution regarding his initial suspension over alleged involvement in a rogue spy unit.
The CCMA has confirmed that Sars and suspended deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay have settled the matter of his alleged involvement in a rogue unit.
The Sars deputy commissioner, who has been suspended for allegedly setting up a “rogue unit” within the tax office, has taken his case to the CCMA.
Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene says that he, alongside Sars Commissioner Tom Moyane, will make sure that the fiscal institution redeems itself.
In an email to Sars employees, Tom Moyane assured the staff that he will keep to his promise of not allowing rogue activities under his watch.
Documents raise major questions about the suspension of two top Sars officials