The charge sheet presented to suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane indicates that he actively impeded the investigation into unusual and suspicious transactions in the bank account of his second in charge, Jonas Makwakwa, that were identified by a Financial Intelligence Centre report. It revealed that Makwakwa was permitted to return to SARS despite unanswered questions in the findings of the investigation into the specific unusual and suspicious transactions conducted by audit firm PwC. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who suspended Moyane in March, indicated that he had lost confidence in the commissioner over his handling of the Makwakwa matter. This was about a week after Makwakwa resigned under a cloud when it emerged that a SARS service provider was among the companies listed as making payments into his personal bank account in the Financial Intelligence Centre report. Moyane faces charges of misconduct in violation of his duties and responsibilitie...
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