Investigative journalism non-profit amaBhungane and business magazine the Financial Mail have lodged a joint application in the North Gauteng High Court to access to the tax returns of former president Jacob Zuma.This comes after the Financial Mail in February 2019 unsuccessfully tried to access Zuma's tax records for the years between 2010 and 2018 by filing a Promotion of Access to Information Act, or PAIA application.
"It has been alleged that he evaded tax, received income from sources other than his presidential income that he did not disclose, and that he received various fringe benefits that he did not disclose," he said. by Jaques Pauw, which alleged that Zuma did not submit tax returns for the first seven years of his presidency, among other allegations.
Zuma, meanwhile, tweeted from his personal account on November 12 that"if the Public Protector wants to see my SARS records she is free to do so. We should not make the job of the Public Protector difficult. If she wants my records, she must have them."wants to see my SARS records she is free to do so. We should not make the job of the PP difficult. If she wants my records, she must have them.
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