I-Sars ibambe abashushumbisa utshwala eKempton Park

YINTATHELI YOMBELE

UMQOQINTELA iSouth African Revenue Service (iSars) uthi uphazamise umkhankaso wamaqola adayisa utshwala ngokungemthetho ubhadama isidleke sendawo enamalitha e-ethanol awu-26 000 eKempton Park, eGoli, eGauteng. I-ethanol iwutshwala obuwu-96%.

Lo mkhankaso weSars ubungoLwesithathu kanti ibibambisene namaphoyisa nophiko iDirectorate for Priority Crime Investigation (iDPCI) Serious Commercial Crime Investigation.

I-Sars ithe le mpahla ibingeniswe ngomkhumbi yamenyezelwa njengezodlula eNingizimu Afrika iye kwelinye izwe elisenyakatho ne-Afrika. Ngokwemithetho, bekufanele iphume ngqo kwelinye lamachweba aphumayo aseNingizimu Afrika kodwa itholakale yehliswa endaweni engenamvume nengabhalisiwe.

I-ethanol isetshenziswa ukwenza utshwala. Emakethe esemthethweni intela yayo iwu-R302,84 ilitha, okusho ukuthi iSars ibizolahlekelwa yintela cishe ewuR9.1 million neminye imisebenzi yomqoqintela ngomthwalo owodwa.

Ithimba lithole lo mthwalo wehliselwa emiphongolweni emikhulu engamalitha awu-1 000. Le mpahla kuthiwa ingomenye wemithwalo emine ehlolwayo. Kulesi sidleke kutholakale eminye imigqomo namathangi ezimpahla. Okuphakathi kusazohlolwa kodwa iSars isolisa ukuthi kungase kubenamanye amalitha e-ethanol awu-28 000.

FUNDA NALAPHA: https://www.umbele.co.za/2026/04/10/i-sars-izodla-izimpahla-zezisebenzi-zayo-ezilahlwe-ngamacala-yintatheli-yombele/

Lo mkhankaso ngeminye yeSars yokwenza ukuthi kubenzima futhi kubize ukwenza ubugebengu. Umqoqintela uthi uzoqhubeka nokuzingela amaqembu ashushumbisa nathubelezisa izimpahla ukugwema ukukhokha intela.

Ukhomishana weSars uDkt uJohnstone Makhubu uwuthakasele lo mkhankaso, wathi uyingxenye yemizamo kahulumeni yokulwa nobugebengu bezomnotho nokukhuthaza ukuthi imikhakha ukulandela umthetho.

“Lo mkhankaso uhambisana nenhloso yeSars yokwenza ukungaphula umthetho kubenzima futhi kubize kakhulu. Sisebenzisa ubunhloli ukulwa nokukhwabanisa kwentela yezimpahla, ukugwema ukukhokha intela yotshwala, ukushushumbisa nokuhweba ngokungemthetho,” kusho yena.

I-Sars ithe ukuhweba ngotshwala obungekho emthethweni kudla uhulumeni izigidigidi zamarandi ngonyaka, kukhinyabeza amabhizinisi asebenza ngokomthetho ngoba awakwazi ukuqhudelana namanani aphansi otshwala obungakhokhelwanga intela, kubeke abathengi engozini ngenxa yezinga elibhedayo lomkhiqizo.

I-Sars ithe izoqhubeka nokusebenza namaphoyisa nabalawuli bezimboni ukuze kutholakale, kuhlakazwe abantu abahweba ngokungemthetho.

“Labo ababandakanyeka ekukhwabaniseni kwamasiko, ekugwemeni intela yotshwala nakwezinye izinhlobo zobugebengu bezomnotho mabazi ukuthi umthetho uzobafica. Ngeke sivumele izigebengu zilawule ikusasa laleli zwe noma sibekezelele ukushushumbisa utshwala nokubalekela ukukhokha intela,” kuphetha uMakhubu.