10.52 ----- You are probably asking: What was that all about? Here are a few of the things that went down on Thursday October 27 2016: 1. A video was released showing a senior official of the SA Revenue Service, Vlok Symington, being held "hostage" in a boardroom in the building. He had been confronted by economic crime investigators from the Hawks and the bodyguards of his boss, SARS commissioner Tom Moyane. They physically removed from him printouts of emails that they had sent to him by mistake which showed that SARS lawyers thought the charges against Pravin Gordhan were basically bullshit. Apparently it hasn't occurred to the Hawks that the 'e' in 'e-mail' stands for electronic and that their documents live on in a place called 'the worldwide web'. The matter is now the subject of an investigation by the police complaints directorate, which is headed by Robert McBride. McBride returned to work this week after a court ordered his suspension invalid. 2. A meeting of the Johannesb...
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