On Friday, April 26, the Durban Regional Court sentenced Dr Kuhlekonke Richman Mkhize to eight years imprisonment suspended for five years after he pleaded guilty to five counts of personal income tax fraud.
Mkhize, 40, who is a medical doctor, also represented his company, Doctors Care Centre, and pleaded guilty to one count of failure to withhold employees’ tax.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson, Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said Dr Mkhize pleaded guilty in court to committing the offences between the period of 2015 to 2018, and consequently defrauding the South African Revenue Service (SARS) of more than R2 million.
“The condition attached to his sentence is that he pays an amount of over R2 million directly to SARS with an upfront payment of R300 000 which must be paid as follows: R150 000 before May 7; R75 000 before June 15; and R75 000 before July 19,” said Ms Ramkisson-Kara.
“Thereafter the remaining amount of over R1.7 million, must be paid by Mkhize in instalments of R50 000 per month to SARS on or before the 25th day of each month, from August 2024 to July 2027.”
Doctors Care Centre was sentenced to a fine of R150 000 which is wholly suspended for a period of two years, she added.
This matter was successfully prosecuted by Advocate Sipho Nhlapho, from the NPA’s Specialised Tax Unit, and the Section 18 confiscation order for the R300 000 was obtained by Senior State Advocate Rajendrie Naidoo, from the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU).
