Mr Oupa Magashula will assume the duty as Acting South African Revenue Services (SARS) Commissioner from 15h00 today.
The outgoing Commissioner Mr Pravin Gordhan, will be sworn in as South Africa’s Minister of Finance with his Cabinet colleagues this afternoon.
Mr Magashula has been with SARS since 2006. On the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, the President and Cabinet will appoint the next SARS Commissioner in due course.
About Oupa Magashula
Mr Magashula is a Deputy Commissioner at SARS. Until today, he headed an operational division responsible for contact centres, processing centres and delivery enablement services such as process engineering and information management.
Prior to this he was head of human resources and other corporate services. He has created an advanced platform for people management and development.
In the early 80s he worked for a trade union, studied for a BSc at the University of Cape Town and later management courses at the UCT Business School. He has worked in the private sector both in operations and Human Resource (HR) Nampak, Sun International and Anglo Vaal Industries.
Prior to SARS, he was Human Resource Director at Telkom.
Issued by: South African Revenue Service
11 May 2009
Source: South African Revenue Service (http://www.sars.gov.za)
