COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
NATASHA MARRIAN: Sars emerges as most devastating example of state capture
'The tyres are very thin; we will be on the rims very soon,' one official told the inquiry
What "has happened to the SA Revenue Service [Sars] must never be allowed to happen again; people suffered, it left people broken, it left a broken organisation". This was the emotional plea made by a senior former Sars official in her closing submission this week to the commission of inquiry into governance and administration at the revenue service during the tenure of suspended commissioner Tom Moyane. And yet Moyane is fighting tooth and nail in his own disciplinary hearing to ensure what he calls a "fair process". He is entitled to it, but judging from dozens of employees who have submitted evidence to the commission, he never had the decency to bestow fairness on anyone else. The fate of this critical institution is emerging as the most complete and devastating example of state capture — long before the dithering inquiry under deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo awakens from its months-long siesta at the taxpayer’s expense. The picture emerging is one of a new commissioner who p...
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