Embattled South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane and his disgraced second-in-command, Jonas Makwakwa, are the first and second witnesses respectively in the case against former executives Ivan Pillay, Johann van Loggerenberg and Andries Janse van Rensburg. Former finance minister Trevor Manuel is also cited among the witnesses, as are former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials Vusi Pikoli, Gerrie Nel and Andrew Leask. This is according to the indictment served on the three on Monday. They appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on charges related to the alleged bugging of the NPA offices in 2007. The matter was postponed to June as the NPA has permitted the trio to make representations by the end of April. It has been alleged that the charges against the three, particularly Pillay, are politically motivated to ensure he does not return to SARS now that Moyane has been suspended. President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended Moyane in March over his handlin...
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