SARS WARS: Gloves come off in the Manuel vs EFF defamation case By Chanel Retief
After the appointment of new SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter, the EFF accused former finance minister Trevor Manuel of conducting a corrupt and clandestine process in the appointment.
The defamation case, filed on a semi-urgent basis, was meant to proceed during the week of the 8 May 2019 elections, but was postponedManuel’s lawyer, Carol Steinberg, told the court on Tuesday that the EFF had inflicted harm on Manuel’s reputation, hence the case was urgent. She further said that the accusations against her client were extremely serious and continued to have severe consequences on Manuel’s life, because the EFF’s tweet had still not been removed.
Premhid argued further that Manuel’s reputation could not have suffered that much as he had “relinquished some of his important roles”. However, Premhid said it was no secret that SARS had been under public scrutiny and that all sorts of political interference at the revenue service had been highlighted in news reports.
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