NATIONAL NEWS - The head of SA’s tax collection agency reportedly defied the president’s plea for him to fall on his sword over the weekend.
Earlier on Monday it was reported by Business Day that embattled SA Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane was asked to resign by President Cyril Ramaphosa, but refused.

He has now been suspended, according to the same publication and News24, with immediate effect.

Moyane has faced years of controversy and Ramaphosa announced that a commission of inquiry would be probing Sars.

Moyane was linked to approving questionable VAT refunds worth as much as R70 million paid to the Guptas’ Oakbay Investments, allegedly via a third-party company, which is illegal. He also shielded his second in charge, Jonas Makwakwa, from allegations that Makwakwa had received money from a company that was appointed as a debt collector for Sars. Makwakwa resigned last week.

Moyane also fell short of his revenue collection target by nearly R50 billion.

He has denied any wrongdoing.

Read more on the Caxton publication, The Citizen.