Pretoria – President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dr. Ngobani Johnstone Makhubu as Commissioner of the South African Income Service for a interval of 5 years with impact from 1 Might 2026.
President Ramaphosa has made this appointment onThursday, 2 April 2026, by way of part 6 of the South African Income Service Act of 1997, following a unanimous advice by a range panel convened by Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana.
Dr. Makhubu, who has held the place of Deputy Commissioner: Taxpayer Engagement & Operations since 2023, succeeds Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, whose two-year contract ends on 30 April 2026.
“The incoming Commissioner is a seasoned private and non-private sector government with greater than 17 years of senior management expertise spanning tax administration, business, finance, and operations administration,” acknowledged the Presidency.
“He has labored in complicated, regulated and large-scale organisations throughout a number of industries, together with fast-moving client items (FMCG), mining, energy technology and public income providers.”
Dr. Makhubu has labored on the formulation of the SARS strategic path since 2020 and has actively labored to implement the Imaginative and prescient 2024 technique along with the present Commissioner.
The implementation of Imaginative and prescient 2024 achieved income collections with a compounded annual progress fee of seven.6% whereas voluntary compliance elevated by 3.4 proportion factors.
“President Ramaphosa congratulates Dr. Makhubu on his appointment to steer the income service because the establishment that gives the monetary assets vital for the federal government to perform, fund infrastructure, and pay for social providers,” stated his spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya.
“President Ramaphosa has additionally expressed his appreciation and excessive regard for Commissioner Kieswetter’s incisive and revolutionary management that has positioned SARS as a essential enabler of fiscal stability, social supply, commerce facilitation, and the enablement of home and international funding.
“President Ramaphosa says the change within the management of SARS exhibits how sound succession planning contributes to the aptitude of the state.”
