Jacob Zuma assures SA of Gigaba and Moyane’s ‘good working relationship’
South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane and Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba have a "good working relationship", President Jacob Zuma said on Monday. In a written reply to a question from the DA in Parliament on Monday on what steps would be taken to mend the working relationship between Pravin Gordhan, who was recently sacked as Finance Minister, and Moyane, Zuma pointed out that Gordhan was no longer a minister. "Mr PJ Gordhan is no longer the minister of finance. The Minister of Finance, Mr Malusi Gigaba and the SARS commissioner, Mr Tom Moyane, have a good working relationship. There is no longer a need for mediation," said Zuma. Moyane and Gordhan’s working relationship broke down earlier in 2017, with the commissioner turning to Zuma for intervention on four separate occasions. Correspondence between Gordhan and Moyane showed how their working relationship had broken down, with Moyane going as far as to blame Gordhan for his ill health. He refused to directl...
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