Hundreds of workers have gathered outside the company's headquarters in Pretoria, demanding a salary increase.
JOHANNESBURG - South African Revenue Service workers say that management should take the responsibility for the impact that the strike will have on revenue collection and the resultant security risk at border posts.South Africa's new tax boss Edward Kieswetter has called the strike regrettable.
He starts work on 1 May but today, thousands of his future employees have downed tools."Sars has many challenges but for me, it’s all about people. Internally, there are many hardworking, honest people who are employed for Sars. Mark Kingon has already done a sterling job to begin to stabilise Sars, so we’ll build on that to ensure that we can restore confidence in the leadership that can be respected.
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