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Head of legal at Sars, Refiloe Mokoena, has been fired. Mokoena was one of five executives placed on precautionary suspension pending the conclusion of their disciplinary processes. Image: Gallo Images/Foto24/Theana Calitz

Sars legal head fired with immediate effect over R420m Gupta VAT refund

Revenue service Sars said on Friday it had terminated the services of its head of legal, Refiloe Mokoena, with immediate effect. It said the decision was taken after a disciplinary hearing chaired by a senior counsel from the Johannesburg…

State thrashed in R250m court battle with the Guptas

“A serious blow to the fight against organised crime.” That’s how the National Prosecuting Authority has reacted to the Guptas’ successful court bid to unfreeze R250-million of their assets – which the state tried to argue may be the…

Gupta proxies fight back with a barrage of lawsuits

Business rescue practitioners appointed to oversee eight Gupta firms are drowning in a flood of court applications brought by the directors of the businesses. And the practitioners now claim it is an orchestrated attempt to “litigate them…

Acsa board member jumps ship over Gupta scandal

BY STEPHAN HOFSTATTER The scandal surrounding the Gupta family has claimed its latest victim with the resignation of Airports Company of SA (Acsa) board member John Lamola. Business Day has obtained a copy of Lamola’s resignation letter‚…

Ministers implicated in fresh #GuptaEmails scandals

Deputy finance minister Sfiso Buthelezi and mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane were on Monday implicated in fresh allegations of being “captured” by the Gupta family. Buthelezi and his brother Nkanyiso‚ leaked emails show‚…

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Court finds ‘nuclear deal’ with Russia to be unlawful

In a major reversal for Eskom’s nuclear plans‚ the Western Cape High Court has set aside the determination signed by former minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson in December last year which lays the basis for the nuclear procurement. Judge Lee…