Despite tweet, Zuma keeps silent about providing his taxpayer information – The Mail & Guardian

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The Public Protector has still not received confirmation from former president Jacob Zuma that she may access his tax records — despite a tweet from Zuma’s twitter account in November.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the commissioner of the South African Revenue Service , Edward Kieswetter, are in a court battle after Kieswetter refused to provide Mkhwebane with the former president’s tax information, saying it would be unlawful.

Meanwhile, Kieswetter said, in his replying affidavit filed last month: “A tweet does not qualify as taxpayer consent as required under the Tax Administration Act.” In her court papers, Mkhwebane said that she had tried to get an affidavit from Zuma to confirm his tweet but this had proved logistically difficult; and when she asked Sars’s lawyers for more time, they refused to extend the deadline.

Kieswetter said: “She [Mkhwebane] vaguely suggests that an attempt was made to obtain a confirmatory affidavit from him… She offers no facts as to how — a letter, a call or an emissary — this is suggested to have happened. If her intimated contact with the former President were documented or otherwise corroborated, doubtless this would have been attached or otherwise corroborated.”

 

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His final APPOINTMENT with his MAKER is drawing closer. He should settle his unfinished business in this life!

Why ask permission. Get a court order.

Why you guys so obsesse about Zuma Pravin is killing SOEs you quiet?.

Zuma is sick. . . Eish.

Jamnanda’s daughter is alleged to have benefited from government tenders. Have you taken a look at that ? And mabuza (former eskom CEO) cousin is alleged to have benefited from eskom tenders, any look at that ?

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