Kate O’Regan had told Tom Moyane she was on the Corruption Watch board
The suspended SARS boss wants O’Regan to be removed as chairwoman of his disciplinary inquiry because she is a board member
Former Constitutional Court Justice Kate O’Regan herself had informed suspended South African Revenue Service boss Tom Moyane’s legal team that she had been a member of the board of Corruption Watch for a long period of time. After President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected Moyane’s bid to have the state pay his legal costs and to amend the rules of engagement in the disciplinary inquiry, Moyane’s attorneys turned their attention to O’Regan, demanding that she be removed as chairwoman of the inquiry because she was on the board of Corruption Watch. Corruption Watch had written to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) urging it to bring criminal charges against Moyane for his handling of the Financial Intelligence Report into his former second in command, Jonas Makwakwa. In a letter to O’Regan, Moyane’s legal team expressed gratitude that she informed them of her role in Corruption Watch. "We are grateful to you for reminding us of your long-standing association with Corruption Watch befo...
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