{"id":41945,"date":"2013-07-14T00:23:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T22:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=41945"},"modified":"2013-07-15T09:07:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T07:07:58","slug":"sars-commissioner-pleaded-for-forgiveness-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/41945\/sars-commissioner-pleaded-for-forgiveness-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Sars commissioner pleaded for forgiveness: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former SA Revenue Service (Sars<\/a>) commissioner Oupa Magashula<\/a> pleaded for forgiveness after an investigation into allegations of misconduct lead to his resignation, the Sunday Times reported.<\/p>\n

“I have the highest regard for the South African Revenue Service. I have seen the minister and I said to him, please forgive me”, Magashula was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

“I had an inappropriate conversation with that Mrs [Nosipho] Mba. It was really banter. There was no intention to subvert the recruitment process of Sars. You know that I resigned because I care deeply about Sars.”<\/p>\n

Magashula was speaking to the newspaper from his hospital bed on Saturday where he was being treated for high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan<\/a> announced Magashula resigned following an investigation into allegations that he offered a chartered accountant a job at Sars.<\/p>\n

“Following the outcome of a fact-finding inquiry into these allegations, Magashula has resigned with effect from July 12, 2013,” Gordhan told reporters in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

The Sunday Times reported that Magashula said he had not exerted “implicit pressure” by forwarding the CV and said she “competed favourably” with other applicants because she was a charted accountant with six years’ experience.<\/p>\n

“The banter that I had with this lady is not the level and standard they expect at Sars, and for that I apologise. And I apologised personally to the minister and I fell on my sword for that one,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This is extremely damaging. I honestly thought that I’m doing the honourable thing by walking away… We are accountable and we must do the right thing to protect the reputation of Sars.”<\/p>\n

More on Sars<\/h3>\n

SARS Help-You-eFile service goes live<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SARS unveils e-filing app<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tax legislation amid rapid tech growth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

New tax law looms<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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