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Reporting to minister is not a courtesy, Gordhan tells SARS
'The principles of good governance require that professional accountability and ethical conduct are nonnegotiable,' says Pravin Gordhan
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has described as "ridiculous" a comment by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) that reporting to him was an "operational courtesy" rather than a legal requirement. Gordhan’s statement in a written reply to a parliamentary question cuts to the heart of the battle between the minister and SARS commissioner Tom Moyane, who on Friday described the relationship between the two as "strained". Moyane has asked President Jacob Zuma to appoint a judge to mediate between them. Gordhan made his comment in reply to a question by DA MP David Maynier about the investigation SARS instituted into the agency’s modernisation programme. The process, undertaken by Grant Thornton, began in February 2015 and has not yet been concluded. SARS provided a reply to the question about whether it had briefed the minister on the probe. It said Gordhan was not informed, but the investigation arose as a result of a report by consultancy Gartner that was given to former finance ...
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