SARS raids Royal AM training facility amid Mkhize’s tax woes

PLAYERS from Royal AM FC, the football team owned by Shauwn Mkhize, watched in despair as trucks, brought by the taxman, seized goods and vehicles at a training facility on a farm outside Pietermaritzburg yesterday.

- BONGANI HANS

The highly secretive operation was aimed at businesswoman Mkhize, who is alleged to have committed tax offences.

According to sources, the visit and attachment did not only happen at tenderpreneur Mkhize’s properties, including her house in Sandton, Johannesburg, but the South African Revenue Service (Sars) also swooped at her sister’s home,Nozipho Ngubo, in Nkanyezini outside Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday.

The Sars officials and police officers swarmed the clubs training facility, the Royal Ranch, situated along the R56 road, which connects Pietermaritzburg and Magonggqo.

Approximately 10 trucks were involved in the removal of assets, including those that were suitable for loading furniture. Other small and heavy-duty tow trucks were brought in to tow away vehicles, including heavy construction vehicles and a number of metal shipping containers.