Kieswetter said that the comments he made in January about bolstering the revenue service over raising taxes were deliberately planted at budget time.
CAPE TOWN - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and South African Revenue Service Commissioner Edward Kieswetter dismissed suggestions that there's bad blood between them.
For his part, Since his hot mic gaffe after a press conference in Parliament, Godongwana said that he met with the SARS Commissioner at least three times to clear the air and to debate the issues.
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