Sars writes R11m tax script to Muvhango boss Duma Ndlovu

Duma Ndlovu's company Rhythm World Production is facing a massive bill for unpaid value-added tax

- By Ngwako Malatji

The taxman continues to follow Muvhango executive producer Duma Ndlovu like a bad miasma for allegedly failing to settle a multi-million rand value-added tax (VAT) bill.

Sunday World can exclusively reveal that the South African Revenue Service (Sars) applied for a default judgment against Ndlovu’s production entity, Rhythm World Production, in the Johannesburg High Court last week. Ndlovu's outfit failed to pay Sars more than R11-million VAT to the taxman.

The application for the default judgment comes hardly a year after Ndlovu was arrested for allegedly failing to declare his personal income, among other transgressions, resulting in Sars losing R25-million.

According to the application for the default judgment, which we have seen, Ndlovu’s Rhythm World owed Sars just under R10-million. But the quantum spiked to more than R11.1-million after the receiver of revenue imposed R140000 more in penalties and more than R1-million in interest.

Before applying for the default judgment, Sars transmitted two letters to Ndlovu’s entity in two successive months this year, pleading with him to settle the astronomical bill.