• Tom Moyane: As commissioner of Sars, Moyane has been instrumental in crippling the revenue service, leading to low tax morale and a high deficit. Last year, finance minister Malusi Gigaba estimated the tax revenue deficit at R50.8bn in 2017-2018 — the highest since the 2009 recession. There has also been a major brain drain at Sars, with 506 employees leaving in the first 10 months of 2017. • Shaun Abrahams: As national director of public prosecutions, Abrahams has the task of deciding whether Zuma should face a host of corruption charges. He has been accused of bias and of shielding Zuma. For the past decade the NPA has been seen as politically captured. A court has overturned Abrahams’s appointment and found Zuma too conflicted to appoint an NPA head. This is being taken on appeal. • Mosebenzi Zwane: Regulatory uncertainty and lack of confidence in the mining industry, one of the country’s key areas, has worsened under Zwane as mineral resources minister — especially after the s...
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