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26/10/2026

Sars cracks down on Vat refund fraud

On 7 October 2026, Sars announced that the 14 accused, comprising nine individuals and five entities, had appeared before the Siyabuswa Magistrates’ Court following coordinated arrests in connection with an alleged multimillion rand Vat refund fraud scheme.

According to Sars, the investigation concerns allegedly fraudulent Vat returns submitted through its eFiling platform between June 2016 and June 2020, resulting in approximately R3.99 million in financial prejudice to the revenue authority.

A warning to businesses and taxpayers

The latest arrests demonstrate Sars’s determination to pursue suspected tax fraud through coordinated enforcement action.

However, they also highlight the importance of distinguishing genuine fraudulent conduct from legitimate disagreements concerning the application of tax legislation.

Businesses must ensure that their Vat submissions are properly substantiated, while taxpayers facing audits, disputed assessments or allegations of misconduct should avoid treating these matters as routine administrative inconveniences.

Article: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-opinion/soapbox/sars-cracks-down-on-vat-refund-fraud/ By Richan Schwellnus · 25 Oct 2026

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12/10/2026

SA sugar industry calls for sugar tax to be scrapped by next budget speech

SA Canegrowers urges Godongwana to end the Health Promotion Levy in the upcoming MTBPS.

SA Canegrowers has called on Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to scrap the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), commonly known as the sugar tax, arguing that it is adding to mounting financial pressure on South Africa’s sugar industry.

The organisation wants the levy removed through the upcoming medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS), saying that its continued application threatens the viability of the sugar value chain, which supports more than one million livelihoods.

SA Canegrowers chairman Higgins Mdluli says, “Our small- and large-scale growers are being hit from every side. Less cane is reaching the mills, and local sugar processed at the mills are being displaced from retail shelves by foreign sugar.”

The HPL was introduced in April 2018. SA Canegrowers says the levy contributed to significant revenue and job losses, with a Nedlac-commissioned study finding that the sugarcane farming and milling industries had lost 16 000 jobs by 2019. The industry also lost 250 000 tons of sugar sales in the levy’s first year.

Article: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/sa-sugar-industry-calls-for-sugar-tax-to-be-scrapped-by-next-mtbps/ ; By Phenyo Selinda · 10 Oct 2026

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05/10/2026

Government considers cutting or scrapping RAF fuel levy

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) fuel levy will be either reduced or scrapped in terms of a new funding model being considered for the financially-distressed fund.

“We need to carefully consider the new revenue generation streams that have to be applicable to RAF.

“We are collecting R2.27 [a litre] from the pump, which is adding to the cost of fuel, so we need to look at third-party insurance and private sector participation,” he said on the sidelines of the 2026 October Transport Month launch.

‘Not the solution’ – Outa

Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) CEO Wayne Duvenage does not believe moving away from the levy in the fuel price to fund the RAF is the solution.

He said the RAF levy is efficient and there are no administration costs.

Duvenage pointed out that the levy is not where it should be and has increased massively – and well above the inflation rate – because of the mismanagement of the RAF.

He said the reintroduction of third-party vehicle insurance is “the most stupid idea” and the DoT must look back at why it failed and was changed.

Read more on this interesting topic on https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/government-considers-cutting-or-scrapping-raf-fuel-levy/ ; Roy Cokayne · 5 Oct 2026

As new funding model is considered – but Outa says this is not the solution.

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