Ralph Stanfield — How SARS fumbled its chance to take him down ‘Al Capone’-style

Daily Maverick | 16.07.2026 11:30
An alleged scheme to erase Ralph Stanfield’s tax debt with fraudulent SARS refund claims unravelled into a story of missed prosecutions, strategic sequestrations and official inaction that allowed the alleged crime boss to escape both criminal tax charges and a R31-million tax bill.