Suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane wants former Constitutional Court justice Kate O’Regan to recuse herself from deciding whether he should be dismissed.Moyane says O’Regan would not be "objective and unbiased" in evaluating the case against him.His lawyers say O’Regan’s position as a board member of Corruption Watch‚ which has lambasted the tax boss as a treasonous criminal who belongs behind bars‚ means she cannot be tasked with presiding over the inquiry into his alleged misconduct."Presumably‚ as its board member, you associate yourself and are in full agreement with this and other statements made by Corruption Watch concerning Mr Moyane and the general public posture which Corruption Watch has adopted against him‚" Moyane’s lawyer, Eric Mabuza, wrote to O’Regan in a letter seen by TimesLIVE."Mr Moyane has accordingly instructed us to communicate his strongest objection to you presiding over his inquiry. He is of the firm view that your associ...
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