Moyane’s exit not on Cabinet agenda so far
The future of South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane was not on Cabinet’s agenda this week, Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane said yesterday.
“All Sars matters, including the issue of the leadership and management and any other related matters, have actually not been fed to Cabinet,” Mokonyane said during a briefing on the outcomes of Wednesday’s fortnightly Cabinet meeting.
A newspaper reported yesterday that Moyane’s days were numbered and that his removal was going to be put before Cabinet.
Moyane announced the resig- nation of his deputy Jonas Makwakwa on Wednesday, saying he was leaving for personal reasons.
Makwakwa was previously suspended and investigated over suspicious payments into his bank account. The payments were redflagged by the Financial Intelligence Centre in 2016, and Moyane was forced to suspend Makwakwa after it was reported in the media.
In November last year, he was cleared of all charges and given the go-ahead to return to work. Opposition parties objected strongly to his reinstatement.
Recently he faced fresh allegations of a conflict of interest after NICS was appointed as debt collectors for Sars. But Moyane said when he put these to Makwakwa, he announced he had decided to resign. – ANA
All Sars matters, including the issue of the leadership and management and any other related matter, have actually not been fed to Cabinet. Nomvula Mokonyane Communications minister