SARS IT chief previously dismissed for misconduct
19 April 2017
Johannesburg - The new acting chief officer at SARS in charge of all IT systems, including e-filing and system refunds, was dismissed from his previous job at the Limpopo department of health for misconduct.
Kgabo Hlahla is now one of the most senior managers at the revenue service. He is the acting chief officer of digital information services and technology.
In May 2016, he was listed as the group executive of strategy and architecture at SARS at a conference on regional interconnectivity in Senegal.
In 2015 The Sowetan newspaper ran a story about two senior officials in the Limpopo department of health who had been dismissed for misconduct. One of the officials was Hlahla, who was the department's information technology officer.