SARS Inquiry hears internal investigations unit broke down under Moyane

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A senior SA Revenue Service employee in the tax agency’s investigations unit on Wednesday detailed how the agency’s internal anti-corruption unit was clipped of its wings after the arrival of now suspended SARS commissioner Tom Moyane.

The witness, who cannot be named due to the nature of her work and proximity to sensitive criminal investigations, was testifying at the Nugent Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. The commission, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, is probing the state of corporate governance and allegations of misconduct at SARS.

She said the destabilisation of the agency’s internal anti-corruption unit had drastically reduced the capacity of SARS to fight against crime syndicates, which contributed to a decline in staff morale.

She said a sudden process of ‘decentralisation’ – implemented at around the same time as the agency’s business operating model was overhauled in consultation with global consultancy Bain & Company – was described as “urgent” and meant to improve capacity. Instead, the restructure achieved the opposite.

“The anti-corruption unit was restructured with urgency while the new business model was being planned,” she said.

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