High-end spying equipment – which includes audio and video recorders and tracking devices – was heavily guarded and kept under lock and key in the basement of one of the offices of the SA Revenue Service in Tshwane.
Mkhwebane wrote: “The equipment was kept at Sars’ premises and was the latest technical surveillance countermeasures equipment that could be utilised for video and audio recording, as well as the tracking devices.” The National Prosecuting Agency was also unable to confirm whether the gadgets found by the SSA formed part of the evidence in the Project Sunday Evenings case, which centres on alleged surveillance, and requested more time to clarify this.
Stating that “no evidence of such equipment or such unlawful procurement” exists, Gordhan added in his application that Mkhwebane “does not suggest, however, that I was in any way complicit in the alleged unlawful procurement and she does not propose any adverse finding against me in that regard”. Sars spokesperson Siphithi Sibeko said: “Sars has, and will, continue to cooperate with all relevant government agencies, including the NPA and the SSA, within the framework of the law.”
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