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Johan van Loggerenberg: Tito's right - SARS needs "intrusive" investigative units

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A policeman by experience and lawyer by training, Johann van Loggerenberg is best known for heading the ill-fated SA Revenue Services Investigative Unit. As he wrote in his co-authored book "Rogue", miscreants got the unit closed down through the combination of a fake news campaign and a dodgy KPMG report. He was a guest on Rational Radio this week where, inter alia, Johann applied his mind to the call from finance minister Tito Mboweni to re-establish "intrusive" investigative units at SARS. - Alec Hogg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Dec 2019 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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