President Cyril Ramaphosa informed the SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane of his suspension with immediate effect pending the institution of disciplinary proceedings replacing him with Mark Kingon yesterday.
The decision to suspend Moyane follows a meeting in which President Ramaphosa informed him that he had lost confidence in his ability to lead SARS and offered him an opportunity to resign with immediate effect, which Mr Moyane declined.
Kingon is currently the Acting Chief Officer: Business and Individual Taxes and has been with SARS since its establishment and worked his way through the ranks to become the Group Executive: Relationship Management within Business and Individual Taxes.