Cape Town - The South African Revenue Serivce cannot be made a political football, said former finance minister Trevor Manuel as tensions reach boiling point between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and SARS head Tom Moyane.
The quality of South Africa's democracy is thrown in the spotlight since issues surrounding the National Budget are political, he said as part of a panel of progressive thinkers at a KPMG breakfast discussion on the Budget Speech that was delivered by Gordhan on Wednesday.
Manuel acknowledged that the Budget Speech was delivered under difficult circumstances.