“Ma'am, can you give me protection from yourself?” - SARS head of IT
Head of IT at SARS's answers in a recent interview left the country baffled.
SARS's Digital Information Systems and Technologies chief officer, Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane, made headlines on Wednesday following an interview on SABC.
The country was left confused after watching the video, where Makhekhe-Mokhuane failed to give coherent answers to questions about SARS’ crumbling IT infrastructure.
Makhekhe-Mokhuane stressed the financial challenges which cause SARS from working at its full potential.
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When asked a question by the TV presenter, Makhekhe-Mokhuane replied by saying, “Ma'am, can you give me protection from yourself?”, which left everyone confused.
Martin Bester could not believe his eyes after watching the video and says: "Incoherent is probably the best description.”
This is the CHIEF OFFICER of Digital & IT at SARS guys SARS- Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane. We are not Respected in this country. pic.twitter.com/HWsrTn5eyy
— Nkateko (@Sochangane) October 17, 2018
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James Styan, author of 'Blackout - the Eskom crisis', 'Heartbreaker - Christiaan Barnard and the first heart transplant', and 'Steinhoff en die Stellenbosse boys' revealed her salary on Twitter.
This public servant earned R3.06 million for 11 months work in 2017/18.
— James Styan (@jamesstyan) October 17, 2018
That's R278K per month, roughly R1738 per hour.#SARSInquiry
(p163 of SARS annual report) https://t.co/bbxzLXcaoy