TAX AGENCY
Charges in motion for ‘rogue unit’ three
Insiders say the resurrection of the case against van Pillay, Johann van Loggerenberg and Andries Janse van Rensbur is aimed at preventing them from returning to SARS
As pressure mounts on South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) moved against three former SARS officials, who are set to face charges linked to the alleged “rogue unit” at the tax agency. The former officials, Ivan Pillay, Johann van Loggerenberg and Andries Janse van Rensburg, are to face charges linked to the alleged bugging of the NPA offices in 2007 and will appear in court on April 9. Charges linked to the rogue unit were used against opponents of Moyane in the past, with the failed bid by the NPA to charge former finance minister Pravin Gordhan in 2016. Insiders said the resurrection of the case against the three was aimed at preventing them from returning to SARS once the clean-up by President Cyril Ramaphosa has been finalised. In his maiden state of the nation address, Ramaphosa announced a commission of inquiry into the running of SARS. The commission was pushed for and first announced by former finance minister...
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