Bain’s role at Sars was a gateway for a special council that would control Eskom and the wider economy, Zondo commission witness says
While work to clean up Sars continues apace, there remains much to be done
Key players in axed commissioners leadership structure at Sars suspended
Damage done by ‘fake work’ of American consultancy runs into billions of rands and ruined families- Kieswetter
The former tax commissioner failed to dispute key allegations made against him by the minister, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said
The preliminary outcome is worse than budgeted in February, but say officials, the turnaround in tax refunds shows greater transparency
At the centre of the row are the damning findings of the Nugent commission
On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo reserved his decision to grant the former Sars boss leave to cross-examine Minister Pravin Gordhan
The Public Protector has subpoenaed former Sars commissioner Oupa Magashula over former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement
Axed Sars commissioner Tom Moyane’s application for leave to appeal his sacking has been shut down by the highest court in the land — again
A panel of experts appointed by the finance minister is looking for Tom Moyane’s replacement
State company subsidiary loses millions after consulting firm’s cost strategies were binned
Tito Mboweni will assist the president in ‘immediately commencing the process’ to appoint a new Commissioner
The revenue agency is not paying his legal fees
The Pretoria high court has ruled President Cyril Ramaphosa may appoint a new Sars commissioner
Ramaphosa fired Moyane on November 1, based on the recommendation in a damning interim report from the Nugent commission
Moyane’s legal team, led by Dali Mpofu, brought the application asking for the recusal before the court could hear the case
The commission, which was established in May and is chaired by retired judge Robert Nugent, was scheduled to deliver its final report by Friday
The former Sars commissioner will press ahead with an urgent court application to be reinstated and interdict a successor from being appointed
Moyane’s lawyer, Eric Mabuza, said they had informed the commission on Monday of their intention to apply for permission to cross-examine Gordhan
The former president says the commission should not have dealt with human resource issues as there were processes already in place for that
The former Sars commissioner has applied for an interdict to bar President Ramaphosa from filling his position
According to the president, amongst other things, Moyane’s application would not be in the interest of justice
Luther Lebelo told the Nugent commission the impression that he had spent R759 000 to clear his name was incorrect
Sars employment relation group executive Luther Lebelo spent taxpayer money on legal services to prepare him to testify at the Nugent commission
The damage to the IT department alone is likely to amount to R2.16-billion over the next five years
Judge Nugent has provided clarity on the implications of his recommendation, responding to the criticism directed at the interim report
Sars will need an estimated R2.16-billion to do necessary hardware IT infrastructure refreshes says its head of IT and digital services
Sars’s IT system modernisation programme came to a halt in December 2014 shortly after suspended commissioner Tom Moyane’s arrival at Sars
Gartner received over R200-million in a tender to review and develop a new IT strategy for Sars in 2015 which will now cost R1-billion to fix
The ex-commissioner had asked the Constitutional Court to ice the inquiries
Apologies from transgressing civil servants are hollow when not offered voluntarily