BusinessLive reports that suspended SA Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane has lost all the objections he lodged against the disciplinary inquiry he is facing.  

This means the inquiry, as well as the commission of inquiry into governance and administration at SARS, can proceed — unless Moyane takes his objections to court, which he has threatened to do.  The chairman of the inquiry, advocate Azhar Bham, in a written ruling on the objections dismissed the objections.  In light of this he directed Moyane to deliver a “substantive response” to each of the charges he faces by 20 August.  The three main objections related to the right to oral evidence or cross-examination; the admissibility and content of the affidavit by former finance minister Pravin Gordhan in the disciplinary matter; and the “parallel inquiries” in which Moyane is at the centre.  The first objection was dismissed as the terms of reference left it open to Bham to decide upon as the chairperson of the inquiry.  The second was dismissed as Gordhan had the authority to depose the affidavit as a witness.  The third was dismissed as it did not fall within Bham’s “legal competence” to suspend the proceedings.

• Read this report by Natasha Marrian in full at BusinessLive

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