Minister of Finance appoints Ms Yanga Mputa
30 June 2023
The Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana has in terms of section 14 of the Tax Administration Act, of 2011, appointed Ms Yanga Mputa as the Tax Ombud effective from 1 July 2023. Ms Mputa becomes South Africa’s first female Tax Ombud. The appointment is for a period of 5 years.
Ms Mputa will take over from Professor Thabo Legwaila, who has been acting in the role since October 2022, after the term of the first Tax Ombud, Judge Bernard Ngoepe, ended on 30 September 2023.
Ms Mputa is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She joined the National Treasury in 2014 as Chief Director: Legal Tax Design. Prior to this, she was a Tax Specialist at the South African Revenue Service from 2009.
In her current role at the National Treasury, she has played a sterling role in the development of our annual tax legislation, as she oversaw the designing and drafting of all tax legislation, including the negotiating of tax treaties. Her work involved working closely with the two finance committees of Parliament, to finalise the tax legislation together with other National Treasury and SARS colleagues.