Edward Kieswetter was appointed on Wednesday as commissioner of the South African Revenue Service.
Edward Kieswetter was appointed on Wednesday as commissioner of the South African Revenue Service .They believe that he has the best mix of experience and institutional knowledge to lead Sars.Kieswetter served as deputy commissioner under Pravin Gordhan between 2004 and 2009. He also served as CEO of Alexander Forbes and was part of the board appointed to clean up Transnet.
"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."
“An efficient revenue authority relies on the public to also buy into a compliant structure, to buy into a good citizen and to do that, any authority must be respected. It must be seen to have integrity, must be seen to work even-handedly without fear or favour.”
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