The high court in Pretoria on Friday set aside suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s April 22 report concerning the appointment of a service provider to the South African Revenue Service.
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The high court in Pretoria on Friday set aside suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s April 22 report concerning the appointment of a service provider to the South African Revenue Service . The document probed allegations of maladministration and improper conduct related to procurement processes by Sars in the appointment of Budge, Barone & Dominick, which rendered IT services to the tax collector.TimesLIVE previously reported that Mkhwebane said in the report that the Hawks were asked to consider investigating successive Sars commissioners regarding a R100m contract which did not go up for tender and was renewed more than 10 times from 2007.
The suspended public protector said the revenue collector irregularly appointed Budge, Barone & Dominick in 2007 to provide strategic services without following proper procurement processes. In August, the same court set aside the report in each instance related to Pillay as Sars deputy commissioner.Support independent journalism by subscribing to the Sunday Times. Just R20 for the first month.
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