Letters lay bare the icy relationship between Tom Moyane and Gordhan
The icy relationship between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane has been confirmed in 16 confidential letters‚ according to a report on Friday. The Mail & Guardian published the contents of some of the letters‚ after Gordhan this week raised the alarm over the tax collection service’s R30.4bn shortfall — the highest since the 2009 recession. Gordhan delivered his 2017-18 budget in Cape Town on Wednesday. It appears Gordhan’s gripe with SARS’s performance has led to a nasty spat between him and Moyane. Mail & Guardian reported that in the 16 letters‚ dated April 2016 to February 2‚ the pair differ on the powers to approve salary increments and performance bonuses for SARS employees and Moyane’s right to take leave without making an application. In one of the letters Moyane accuses Gordhan of mistreating him so severely in a meeting that he was made to feel like a child‚ the newspaper reported. "I ask myself what I have eve...
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