Suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane threatened President Cyril Ramaphosa with court action, accused him of bias and gave him an ultimatum to prevent action against him. In an angry letter to Ramaphosa, penned by Moyane which the Business Day has seen, the suspended commissioner warns Ramaphosa against suspending or removing him and demands such an undertaking from him. Moyane gave Ramaphosa until 9.30pm on Monday night to give him this undertaking, warning that if the president did not do so he would take him to court. Ramaphosa apparently did not take kindly to the threat, announcing Moyane’s suspension with immediate effect late on Monday, pending the outcome of a disciplinary process. “It is indisputable that your conduct is unlawful and unconstitutional in that you have made a decision to dismiss or suspend me without affording me an opportunity to be heard,” Moyane writes in his letter to Ramaphosa. “I am advised that your conduct invites urge...
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