The inside story of sarss elite crimebusting unit kindle edition. Johannesburg the saga around the sars rogue unit, which has led in part to the recent clash between minister pravin gordhan and the hawks, is about to get a lot more interesting. Nov 07, 2017 the rogue unit was later found to be bogus, and then in december last year, the press ombudsman ordered the newspaper to retract all the sars rogue unit stories and apologise to gordhan. The report, which was requested by sars commissioner tom moyane, suggested that former finance minister pravin gordhan when he was sars commissioner ought to have known of the existence of the unit. In south africa fact can definitely be stranger than fiction. In total there were 27 questions around the alleged rogue unit at south african revenue service sars. It is a brave book that will hopefully encourage more good people to take a public stand on the corruption of state institutions in south africa. Hawks not authorised to investigate establishment of sars rogue unit this week hawks head, berning ntlemeza, confirmed that the supposed anticorruption unit is investigating a case concerning the alleged illegal operations by a socalled rogue spy unit within the south african revenue service sars. The inside story of sars s elite crimebusting unit kindle edition.
On the eve of the 2016 budget speech, that was to be tabled on 24 february 2016, a list of questions from the hawks was sent to pravin gordhan. Freshly leaked emails from the hack on hacking team shows that the surveillance company was in communication with a member of the former south african revenue service sars rogue spy unit. The rogue unit was later found to be bogus, and then in december last year, the press ombudsman ordered the newspaper to retract all the sars rogue unit stories and apologise to gordhan. Noseweek 232 sarsrogue unit secret official report revealed.
Rogue tells the story of a onceinconspicuous unit in the sa revenue service sars. My life is destroyed a former south african revenue service sars executive confronted journalist stephan hofstatter at the launch of his book, license to loot, demanding an apology from him for his role in the socalled sars rogue unit saga on thursday. Sep 20, 2018 what was set to be the launch of a book about state capture on thursday turned on the author as protestors gathered to ask about his reporting on the socalled sars rogue unit. Van loggerenberg sets record straight on hocus pocus crap. Eff releases classified intelligence report into sars rogue. May 14, 2015 the unit was shut down by new sars commissioner tom moyane in december last year after the report of the sikhakhane panel of inquiry, which accused the alleged rogue unit of illegal. The story of a rogue unit operating within the south african revenue service sars became entrenched in the public mind following a succession of sensational reports published by the sunday times in 2014. Rogue sars unit was real, and was spying on taxpayers.
Former south african revenue service commissioner tom moyane appointed kpmg to investigate the allegations of a socalled rogue unit in sars. A new report by kpmg has confirmed that the rogue sars spy unit was real, and that it was spying on south africans and operating outside the law. The sars rogue unit trial is scheduled to resume on february 14. Rogue johann van loggerenberg trade paperback books. Johannesburg audit firm kpmg must realise the extent of the damage that their report on the socalled rogue unit at the south african revenue service sars has caused to the country. Sep 16, 2016 the saga around the sars rogue unit, which has led in part to the recent clash between minister pravin gordhan and the hawks, is about to get a lot more interesting. Freshly leaked emails from the hack on hacking team shows that the surveillance company was in communication with a member of the former south african revenue service.
One cannot downplay the existence of a rogue covert unit in sars despite vehement denials by sars officials, writes radebe. Ten days ago an explosive book appeared on shelves called rogue. The unit, the reports claimed, had carried out a series of illegal spook operations. What was set to be the launch of a book about state capture on thursday turned on the author as protestors gathered to ask about his reporting on the socalled sars rogue unit. Journalists book launch hit by protests over sars rogue unit. The secret intelligence report into the rogue unit at the south african revenue service has been kept under wraps for more than four years. Sep 21, 2016 book retailer exclusive books gave prominence to a recently published book which is an expose of the socalled rogue unit at sars. The unit was shut down by new sars commissioner tom moyane in december last year after the report of the sikhakhane panel of inquiry, which accused the alleged rogue unit of illegal. The inside story of sarss elite crimebusting unit by. The sars rogue unit not unlawful, says judge robert nugent. The justpublished rogue the inside story of sarss elite crimebusting unit, written by former group executive johann van loggerenberg with ex. A book explaining the operation of the socalled rogue unit at sars has the backing of one of the biggest book sellers in sa. Oct 05, 2016 the justpublished rogue the inside story of sarss elite crimebusting unit, written by former group executive johann van loggerenberg with ex sars spokesman adrian lackay, is an attempt at. It is unclear what the legal basis is for the hawks investigation relating to the.
Journalists book launch hit by protests over sars rogue. Oct 05, 2018 former south african revenue service commissioner tom moyane appointed kpmg to investigate the allegations of a socalled rogue unit in sars. International auditing firm kpmg has withdrawn all of its findings recommendations and conclusions around its report into the south african revenue service sars rogue spy unit. Jul 15, 2019 former sars employee keletsobizoski manyike joins jj tabane to unpack the sars rogue unit saga. Van loggerenberg sets record straight on hocus pocus crap about sars rogue unit former sars official johann van loggerenberg is seen in the pretoria magistrates court, 9 april. Ruling on validity of sars rogue unit report a victory for accountability public enterprises minister pravin gordhan had brought an application to have the report by the inspector general. The inside story of sarss elite crimebusting unit, and is written by johann van loggerenberg, with adrian lackay read. In total there were 27 questions around the alleged rogue unit at south african revenue service. Former sars employee keletsobizoski manyike joins jj tabane to unpack the sars rogue unit saga. The security of our democracy at stake ronnie kasrils reacts to rogue. Fast forward to 20 september this year and peter richer, who resigned as group executive for strategic planning and risk at sars in may 2015 after the mendacious rogue unit articles started appearing in the sunday times, angrily confronted one of the authors of those articles, stephan hofstatter, at a book launch function.
The former sars executive at the centre of the rogue unit saga, johann van loggerenberg, says he has recorded phone calls and emails that prove eff leader julius malema had asked for help with. Alex mitchley, news24 public protector busisiwe mkhwebane on friday announced that her investigation into the socalled sars rogue unit found. Eff releases classified intelligence report into sars. The story of a rogue unit operating within the south african revenue service sars became entrenchedin the public mind following a succession of sensational reports published by the sunday times in 2014. It can be seen as an inaugural study of state capture in contemporary sa. Van loggerenberg sets record straight on hocus pocus. She recommends that criminal charges be investigated against pillay, gordhan, van loggerenberg and richer for the establishment and involvement in the covert intelligence unit at sars. And its exactly the same narrative contained in a plethora of reports since, including those by advocate muzi sikhakane and public protector busisiwe mkhwebane. Stephan hofstatter at the launch of his book, license to loot, demanding an apology from him for his role in the socalled sars rogue unit saga on. This newly released book entitled rogue, the inside story of sars elite crimebusting unit by johann van loggerenberg with adrian lackay, is a most exciting and scintillating read.
Oct 04, 2015 a new report by kpmg has confirmed that the rogue sars spy unit was real, and that it was spying on south africans and operating outside the law. Fast forward to 20 september this year and peter richer, who resigned as group executive for strategic planning and risk at sars in may 2015 after the mendacious rogue unit articles started appearing in the sunday times, angrily confronted one of the authors of those articles, stephan hofstatter, at. The inside story of sarss elite crimebusting unit van loggerenberg, johann, lackay, adrian on. The saga around the sars rogue unit, which has led in part to the recent clash between minister pravin gordhan and the hawks, is about to get a lot more interesting. The justpublished rogue the inside story of sars s elite crimebusting unit, written by former group executive johann van loggerenberg with ex sars spokesman adrian lackay, is an attempt at. A classified report purporting to have found that the south african revenue services sars had a rogue unit was leaked to the media by the eff on monday evening. Suspended sars commissioner tom moyane received legal opinion from senior counsel in late 2015 indicating that the establishment of the highrisk investigation unit, or rogue unit, was not.
Oct 02, 2019 i give many examples of this in the book. Kpmg cans sars rogue unit report apologises to gordhan. Noseweek has uncovered a secret report by the inspectorgeneral of intelligence that once more puts the spotlight on that murky affair. Here are the leaked emails from sars spy unit to hacking team. The south african revenue service sars rogue unit is believed to be an invention of prozuma individuals who were intent on excising anticorruption busters from the countrys tax organ and beyond. Former sars officials andries janse van rensburg, ivan pillay and johann van loggerenberg at a previous appreance in the pretoria magistrates court.
Advocate belinda walter now wellknown as the woman who initially brought allegations of the south african revenue service sarss rogue unit and laid a complaint against the parastals group. Adrian lackay the story of a sars rogue unit became entrenched in the public mind following a succession of sensational reports of illegal spook operations published by the sunday times. The so called rogue unit did excellent work in their investigations of tax evasion. Sep 27, 2016 in south africa fact can definitely be stranger than fiction. Raises the question of who the real rogues are who are intent on undermining the state institutions of the republic of south africa. Sep 16, 2017 johannesburg audit firm kpmg must realise the extent of the damage that their report on the socalled rogue unit at the south african revenue service sars has caused to the country. The inside story of sars s elite crimebusting unit van loggerenberg, johann, lackay, adrian on. Book retailer exclusive books gave prominence to a recently. The finance minister, pravin gordhan, was also blamed for this so called roque unit within sars. Sep 15, 2017 international auditing firm kpmg has withdrawn all of its findings recommendations and conclusions around its report into the south african revenue service sars rogue spy unit. Interesting and informative book about the socalled rogue unit of sars.
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