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BusinessLive reports that the clean-up of the SA Revenue Service (Sars) by the tax agency’s commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, has gathered pace with the suspension of IT executive Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane over allegations of serious misconduct.
Sars did not disclose the misconduct. Makhekhe-Mokhuane’s suspension on Wednesday was the fifth of its kind as efforts to improve governance and efficiencies at the agency continued. Governance failures at Sars during former commissioner Tom Moyane’s reign were partly credited for large revenue shortfalls. He was fired on the recommendation of a commission of inquiry into tax administration and governance at Sars headed by retired judge Robert Nugent. The inquiry found that Moyane was not fit to hold office and was largely responsible for the mess the tax agency found itself in. The other suspended senior executives are Luther Lebelo, group executive of employee relations; Hlengani Mathebula, chief officer of governance, international relations, strategy and communication; and Teboho Mokoena chief officer for human capital and development. In October under the leadership of acting commissioner Mark Kingon, the agency’s legal services head Refiloe Mokoena was suspended. All the executives were close allies of Moyane, and Lebelo was singled out as his “hitman” by witnesses at the commission of inquiry.
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