POLITICS LIVE: The mad scramble at SARS to avoid a major crisis for Tom Moyane
3.53 ----- It's action stations at SARS as all hands are on deck, to mix a metaphor, to ward off a crisis for commissioner Tom Moyane.It is a much under-reported fact that Moyane's nephew, one Nhlamulo Ndlhela, received a contract via his company, LTC, to collect billions in tax revenue. Payment would be by way of a cut of the collections.The Mail & Guardian estimated the loot could amount to a cool R200m - a figure which SARS has since disputed.Approached about this fact for comment, SARS began furiously distancing itself from the nephew, the contract and anything else that could result in embarrassment for Moyane.SARS deployed the Iran-Contra defence, announcing that Moyane 'didn't know' about the nephew's involvement and then gave the company notice that it faced the wrath of the criminal justice system.Today they have taken the next step, announcing "urgent proceedings at the High Court to immediately terminate the contract between SARS and LTC". This was being done "to properly...
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