‘BUNDLED WOMAN’ DID NOT COMPLY WITH LAW – SRA

MBABANE – Was Makhosazana Dlamini the author of her own misfortunes?

Dlamini is the woman who claimed that she was accosted by SRA officials and police officers at her workplace and later bundled into a police car.
This was after she allegedly refused to surrender keys of a car which SRA officials claimed she did not pay Customs duties for.
The car, an Audi A4, was later detained by SRA officers and she now wants it released to her.

In his answering affidavit, SRA Commissioner General Dumisani Masilela painted a picture of a person who chose not to comply with the law while she was aware of what she was expected to do.

He alleged that Dlamini was the one who was wrong and she allegedly forced SRA to enforce compliance as provided in the statute.
He contended that the SRA officers were acting within the law to seize the motor vehicle because it had not been properly imported into the country.

“I have been advised that since the applicant (Dlamini), on her own volition breached the law regulating the importation and declaration of a motor vehicle, she cannot complain of suffering any harm because she has not complied with the law,” submitted Masilela.
SRA also denied the allegations by Dlamini that its officers came and caused a scene at her workplace.

 “I wish to state it clear that the applicant began the process to permanently import the motor vehicle into Swaziland but she did not complete the process, which renders her use of the motor vehicle in the country to be illegal and makes it liable for detention and forfeiture in favour of the State,” argued the commissioner general.

He pointed out that Dlamini used the services of clearing agents for purposes of importing the motor vehicle into Swaziland.
Masilela added that even though the applicant promised to bring the relevant documents to SRA on March 9, 2017, she did not.
According to the commissioner general, Dlamini only brought some documents the following day after the motor vehicle had already been detained earlier that morning.

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