The high court ruled that Sars must supply the Financial Mail and amaBhungane with Zuma's tax records for the years between 2010 and 2018 within 10 days.
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday granted the Financial Mail and investigative journalism outfit amaBhungane access to tax records of former president Jacob Zuma.
“Mr Zuma has not opposed the application, neither in general nor in respect of the relief aimed at disclosure of his personal tax affairs and has not delivered any affidavit addressing the aforesaid allegations made regarding himself and his tax compliance,” Davis said. The two groups argued that the legislative scheme does not find the correct constitutional balance between free expression rights and the right to privacy.
Steven Budlender SC said in his written argument that Zuma's tax records are a good illustration of why taxpayer information should be subject to a “limited exception”.
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