22 November 2022 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is pleased to announce that it has settled the labour dispute with and reinstated two former employees, Ms Hope Mashilo and Ms Tshebeletso Seremane with effect 1 September 2022. This marks a further milestone in reversing and repairing the adverse effects of the capture of SARS and its journey to rebuilding public confidence and trust.
SARS acknowledges the harm caused to Ms Mashilo and Ms Seremane when in 2015, as a result of the infamous Bain and Co restructuring process, their positions in SARS were downgraded, they were dictated to accept positions which were not on the approved new structure, their repeated requests for information fell on deaf ears and when they refused to take up those positions, it led to their dismissal “due to operational requirements” in terms of s 189 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (“the LRA”), as amended.
