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.
Both Sars and its group executive, who was accused of misconduct last year, have said that the ”parting of ways was amicable”.
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.
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.
Documents raise major questions about the suspension of two top Sars officials
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.
How debt-saddled leaders are escaping public scrutiny of their liabilities to the taxman.
Here is your guide to the data releases, central bank meetings and other events likely to drive markets in the week ahead.
Julius Malema has reached an extension agreement with the South African Revenue Service over his unpaid taxes.
Sars has obtained a preservation order against the assets of Radovan Krejcir, allowing it to look at his business empire and trace hidden assets.
The real number of South Africa’s super rich may be far higher than present estimates.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has launched the office of the tax ombud, which will be run by retired judge Bernard Ngoepe.
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema is trying to settle his tax bill to avoid being barred from Parliament, reports say.
The high court in Pretoria has ruled against Radovan Krejcir’s application to have parts of the Sars case against him deemed inadmissible.
Improved trade data will help narrow South Africa’s current account deficit and is a sign the economy is rebalancing from consumption to production.