Former SARS consultant sentenced to eight years behind bars for demanding R1,500 bribe

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Former SARS consultant sentenced to eight years behind bars for demanding R1,500 bribe
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Ex-South African Revenue Services (SARS) employee, Rasivuma Isaac Madzhuta, 56, has been found guilty of demanding a bribe from a client and sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption.

Former South Africa n Revenue Services service consultant Rasivuma Isaac Madzhuta, 56, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption. Picture: Supplied / SAPS Former South Africa n Revenue Services employee, Rasivuma Isaac Madzhuta, 56, has been found guilty of demanding a bribe from a client and sentenced to eight years behind bars for corruption.

Ledwaba said the trial court heard that in August 2022, Madzhuta helped a female client with her tax returns, but demanded R1,500 in exchange promising to fast-track her refunds.Ledwaba said after the client was demanded to pay a bribe to the man, she then went to the South African Police Service’s Limpopo Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit to report the incident.

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