Ngokombiko we-Sunday Times, iSouth African Revenue Service (SARS) ikhiphe isicelo sokugcina esiya kumlingisi uPearl Thusi mayelana nesikweletu sentela esilinganiselwa ku-R15 million. Lo mbiko uveza ukuthi lesi sicelo, esinomhla ziyi-6 ku-Agasti futhi esafakwa ngohlelo lwe-elekthronikhi ngomhla wesi-2 kuSepthemba, sikhombisa igama likaPearl eliphelele elithi Sithembile Xola Thusi, futhi sithi uhlulekile ukukhokha intela yonyaka owodwa noma ngaphezulu noma izikhathi ezithile.

Ngokwe-Sunday Times, isitatimende esiqinisekisiwe esihambisana nalesi sicelo sibeka isikweletu sentela yemali engenayo yomuntu siqu esilinganiselwa ku-R9.8 million, kanye no-R5.2 million owengeziwe wenzalo no-R20,000 wezinhlawulo zokuphatha. Kubikwa ukuthi imibhalo ayicacisi ukuthi lesi sikweletu sithinta yiphi iminyaka yentela.

Kuthiwa u-SARS unikeze uPearl izinsuku eziyi-10 zokusebenza ukuthi akhokhe le mali noma asebenzise izindlela ezikhona zokuxazulula udaba, okuhlanganisa ukufaka isicelo sokukhokha ngezitolimende, ukucela ukumiswa kokuqoqwa kwemali uma ehlose ukuphikisa isikweletu, noma ukufaka isicelo sokuncishiswa kwengxenye yale mali.

Uma udaba lungaxazululwa, i-SARS ingathatha ezinye izinyathelo zokuqoqa lesi sikweletu. Lokhu kungabandakanya ukuqoka izinhlangano zangaphandle, njengamabhange noma ezinye izinhlangano eziphethe imali yomkhokhi-ntela noma ezimkweleta imali, ukuthi zikhokhele i-SARS ngqo. I-SARS ingaphinde ifune isinqumo senkantolo kanye negunya lokukhipha umyalelo wokuphoqelela ukukhokha (warrant of execution), okungavumela isikhulu senkantolo (sheriff) ukuthi sibambe futhi sithengise impahla ukuze kuqoqwe imali.

Inzalo ingaqhubeka nokwanda ngesikhathi lesi sikweletu singakakhokhwa. Okhulumela i-SARS uSiphithi Sibeko wenqabile ukuphawula ngodaba lukaPearl, ecaphuna imithetho yokugcinwa kuyimfihlo kwemininingwane yomkhokhi-ntela. UPearl uqinisekise ukuthi uyalwazi udaba futhi usebenzisana ne-SARS. Uvumile ukuthi kukhona imali ayikweletwayo kodwa waphikisa isibalo esishiwo esicelweni.

UPearl uthe isibalo esishiwo “asilungile nhlobo futhi sidukisa umphakathi,” wengeza ngokuthi uzithatha ngokungathi sína izibopho zakhe zentela futhi ufuna udaba luxazululwe ngendlela eyakhayo. Uphinde wathi amarekhodi e-SARS aphathelene nezindaba zakhe zentela ayimfihlo futhi “akufanele aziwe ngumphakathi.”

UPearl waziwa ngemidlalo yakhe ku-Queen Sono, Quantico kanye ne-The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Isaziso sokugcina sesidingo sokukhokha (final demand) siyingxenye yenqubo yokuqoqwa kwentela, futhi akumele sithathwe njengesinqumo senkantolo esiqinisekisa ukuthi uPearl ukweleta leyo mali ephelele okukhulunywa ngayo. Amazwi kaPearl nawo akhombisa ukuthi uyayiphikisa le mali ebalulwe kulesi saziso.

Lolu daba luza ngesikhathi i-SARS iqhubeka nemizamo yayo yokuqoqa izikweletu zentela kubantu nakumabhizinisi.