The damages claims followed a submission he made to the chair of the standing committee on finance and the chair of the joint standing committee on intelligence in parliament in March 2015.
Lackay resigned as Sars spokesperson in March 2015 and is now employed in the same position by the department of public enterprises.
At the two parliamentary committees‚ Lackay said a disinformation campaign was being advanced by Sars and the Sunday Times newspaper‚ following Moyane’s appointment as Sars commissioner in September 2014. This campaign alleged that there was a "covert intelligence‚ rogue" and ostensibly illegal and unlawful investigative unit in the organisation.
- BusinessLIVE