Former Sars official gets 6 years in jail for corruption 15 January 2021 - 19:38 By TimesLIVE A former Sars customs official who was bust for fraudulently issuing Sadc certificates has been sentenced to an effective six years in jail. Image: SUHAIB SALEM A former Sars customs official who was bust for fraudulently issuing Sadc certificates has been sentenced to an effective six years in jail. The Musina magistrate's court this week sentenced Isaiah Makamola to the jail term after convicting him of two counts of corruption. Sars said in a statement that Makamola was arrested by the Hawks on May 26, 2016, at Beitbridge border post for “illegally selling Sadc certificates on two separate occasions”.