Suspended SARS commissioner Tom Moyane will appear before the Nugent commission on tax governance and administration on Friday morning — to detail why he says the inquiry is a "witch hunt" against him.Moyane is in the middle of an increasingly ugly legal tussle with President Cyril Ramaphosa, who suspended him in March this year. That suspension followed a meeting between the president and Moyane, during which Moyane claimed s Ramaphosa questioned him about his former second-in-command, Jonas Makwakwa, and the reported multimillion-rand VAT repayment reportedly made to the Guptas.The investigation of several misconduct allegations against Moyane — which largely relate to his alleged failure to act on evidence of corruption against Makwakwa — has yet to begin.But Moyane is adamant that Ramaphosa must himself come and testify against him, and cannot expect the charges against him to be fairly decided solely on paperwork.Now Moyane’s legal team have focused their attention on the Nugen...
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