SARS inquiry
Moyane and Ramaphosa unleash lawyers at first open confrontation
The first round in the bout between suspended South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane and President Cyril Ramaphosa kicks off on Saturday. The stage has been set for a bruising tussle in the hearing before disciplinary inquiry chairman Azhar Bham SC. Moyane has objected to the disciplinary inquiry against him being conducted in writing and to former finance minister Pravin Gordhan, now public enterprises minister, deposing an affidavit as a witness in the matter. Moyane has objected to the running of a separate commission of inquiry into governance and administration at SARS in parallel to the disciplinary process, arguing this amounted to "double jeopardy". In return, Ramaphosa labelled Moyane’s objections as "irregular", saying they flew "in the face of sound legal principle". Moyane and Ramaphosa have for months exchanged correspondence over the process, with threats by the former to take the president to court at almost every step. First open confrontation S...
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