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.
The matter would be argued in June, and that it would give Sars and Julius Malema time to file all the necessary court papers.
Finance houses have moved quickly to offer tax-free products made possible by the minister.
A case about exchange controls has the South African Reserve Bank squaring up against entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth.
Although the individual increases are not large, they add up to a real squeeze.
The finance minister announced treasury’s intention to reduce the main budget expenditure ceiling by R25-billion over the next two years.
By establishing the rogue intelligence unit, suspended deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay ‘elevated’ costs to ‘R106-million’, according to Sars.
Johann van Loggerenberg has resigned from Sars, allegedly after a lawyer made a number of claims against him in a complaint to the revenue service.
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.
Independent Newspapers rejected Max du Preez’s reasons for quitting as a columnist, after he penned an open resignation letter to its editors.
Top Sars official Peter Richer has been resuspended pending another investigation into his alleged involvement in a "rogue" unit within Sars.
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
"This suspension is unlawful and constitutes a breach of contract," Judge Annelie Basson said in her judgement.
Political interference with Sars is a serious attack on the independence of the institution.
Suspended deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay takes legal action against Sars on the grounds that proper procedures had not been followed.
While President Jacob Zuma denies any links to the recent resignations and suspensions at Sars, the exodus might damage existing tax investigations.
The Presidency criticised allegations that Jacob Zuma had a hand in the suspension of Sars members, saying the allegations are "pure mischief".
Sars spokesperson Marika Mullar says she is not at liberty to discuss the resignation of Modernisation and Strategy Head Jerome Frey, among others.
Elements of the ruling party appear to be driving a campaign to bring the revenue service to heel.
Ivan Pillay and Peter Richers have been suspended pending a disciplinary process, says Sars commissioner Tom Moyane.
The suspension of the tax collector’s executive committee is ‘only the start’ of an image cleanup.
Sars’s total income for 2013-2014 increased by 10.6% to R900-billion, driven by increased personal income tax and VAT contributions.
President Jacob Zuma has appointed Thomas Swabihi Moyane as the new commissioner of the South African Revenue Service, replacing Ivan Pillay.
The EFF leader says he is paying off Sars in installments, in compliance with a provisional sequestration order against him.