NATIONAL NEWS - Antigraft organisation Corruption Watch has initiated plans to privately prosecute suspended South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane and its erstwhile tax executive Jonas Makwakwa.

While the latter resigned just over a week ago, Moyane, whose resignation was requested by President Cyril Ramaphosa, refused to do so this week, prompting a scathing letter from the president.

Corruption Watch director David Lewis told The Citizen yesterday the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had informed them it would not be prosecuting Moyane on charges laid by the organisation in 2016.

The group has now opted to go the route of lobby group AfriForum and will be the second organisation in South Africa’s history to apply for a certificate to conduct private prosecution.

“We have been told by the NPA they will not be prosecuting Moyane, which is inexplicable, and we have asked for a certificate to carry out private prosecution,” said Lewis. “We have been involved in this, particularly the Makwakwa issue and the KPMG issue, since the beginning.

“In the case of Makwakwa, in 2016 we filed criminal charges against him and Moyane which related to two serious contraventions of the law.

Read more on the Caxton publication, The Citizen.