Former president Jacob Zuma took a special interest in breaking SARS, the Zondo Commission found. He colluded with his henchman Tom Moyane and foreign consulting firm Bain & Company to subvert and realign the revenue service for their own purpose.
Zondo agreed: “…the evidence that was heard by the Commission in regard to SARS revealed conclusively that Mr Moyane was involved in advancing the project of State Capture when he was Commissioner of SARS. In fact, the evidence revealed that he started planning for the capture of SARS long before he was appointed as Commissioner of SARS. Mr Moyane simply did not act with the interests of SARS at heart. He sought to advance Mr Zuma’s and Bain’s interests.
Zondo had none of it, and forced Moyane to concede that his lawyers and the Nugent Commission were in endless deliberations over Moyane’s appearance.“That answer was telling!” Zondo wrote. Moyane opened a case with the Hawks relating to the “rogue unit”, and eventually criminal charges against Gordhan were included in the case. The charges included SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s pension payout and early retirement, SARS employee and lawyer Vlok Symington’s area of expertise.
What Symington’s camera captured was this line in an email Moyane accidentally enclosed in the documents Symington was handed: “On ethical reasons, I cannot be involved in this one, as I hold a different view to the one pursued by the NPA and Hawks.”
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