Tom Moyane
Tom Moyane (born 31 January 1953) is a South African development economist and former commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Education and exile After obtaining a BSc in Economics from the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique, he served as national commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services and chief executive of the Government Printing Works. He had also been an advisor to the State Information Technology Agency. While in exile from South Africa during Apartheid he worked for government departments in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. Career SARS Commissioner Moyane was appointed chief tax collector in September 2014. During his tenure, Moyane had been heavily criticised for his financial management of SARS and his treatment of a controversial investigation that saw the departure of 55 senior staff and managers from the organisation. The 2017 book The President's Keepers claimed that Moyane's predecessor had begged South African President Jacob Zuma to submit tax returns before Zuma appointed Moyane, and described Moyane as a crony of Zuma. SARS rejected the allegations in the book, threatened to sue its author and lay criminal charges on the disclosure of confidential taxpayer information. These allegations and investigations led to his suspension on 19 March 2018