Judge Dennis Davis once described Sars as “the jewel in the state crown”, and what has happened to it subsequently as a seriously sad story. 

More than 1,000 qualified and loyal employees of Sars esigned or were dismissed, leaving the agency unable to fulfil its role. President Cyril Ramaphosa seems paralysed in trying to sort this out. ..

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