South Africa
Mboweni extends acting SARS boss Kingon's term for another 90 days─── 12:00 Thu, 14 Mar 2019
Acting commissioner of SARS, Mark Kingon
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has reappointed Mark Kingon as the acting head of the SA Revenue Service for another 90 days.
This comes at the tax agency continues its search for a permanent new head.
Kingon took over as acting head of SARS in March 2018 from Tom Moyane, who was suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa after he refused to resign. Moyane was later dismissed.
Moyane then embarked on a campaign to have his dismissal overturned by the courts. He appealed all the way to the Constitutional Court, which dismissed his application in early February, stating it "bears no reasonable prospect for success"
