Don’t overpay on property rates: check before deadline . Image: Shutterstock Don’t overpay on property rates: check before deadline The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), through its Community Action Network (CAN) initiative, encourages ratepayers to ... ACCOUNTABILITY CITY OF JOHANNESBURG LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY OUTA's COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK Feb 23, 2023
A Budget to fix the evils of poor governance: When will this change? . Image: Flickr/GovZA/OUTA A Budget to fix the evils of poor governance: When will this change? After years of promises, Budget 2023 has finally produced an Eskom debt solution and made a half-hearted... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET BUDGET SPEECH ESKOM POLITICAL PARTY FUNDING STATE CAPTURE Feb 23, 2023
Nothing has changed on the e-toll front . Image: Shutterstock Nothing has changed on the e-toll front Despite Premier Lesufi’s comment during his State of the Province Address on 20 February that “e-tolls have been scrapped permanently in o... ACCOUNTABILITY E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Feb 21, 2023
NSFAS, what are you doing with student funds? . Image: Google Maps / NSFAS logo / Compilation by OUTA NSFAS, what are you doing with student funds? An OUTA investigation has found that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) hired servi... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION NSFAS SERVICES SETA SETA Feb 16, 2023
Please boot out this Hotspur marketing idea! Image: Tottenham Hotspur/Pixabay/GovernmentZA/compiled by OUTA Please boot out this Hotspur marketing idea! We question the reported proposal by South African Tourism to enter into a marketing deal wi... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET Feb 1, 2023
For the fourth time, OUTA tells Parliament the electoral bill isn’t good enough Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA For the fourth time, OUTA tells Parliament the electoral bill isn’t good enough On 27 January 2023 OUTA submitted comment to the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs criticis... ACCOUNTABILITY CONCOURT ELECTIONS PARLIAMENT Feb 1, 2023
Challenging secrecy: OUTA demands full record of Karpowership decision Graphic: WikiMedia Challenging secrecy: OUTA demands full record of Karpowership decision OUTA has brought an application challenging the National Energy Regulator’s (NERSA) secrecy over the decisions... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM KARPOWERSHIP NERSA Jan 31, 2023
Court had no other option but to grant another extension on electoral bill Image: GovernmentZA Court had no other option but to grant another extension on electoral bill The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says it takes note of the extension of the deadline for amendme... ACCOUNTABILITY CONCOURT ELECTIONS PARLIAMENT Jan 24, 2023
Judgment on National Nuclear Regulator underlines role of board: nuclear regulation, not nuclear advocacy Image: GroundUp/OUTA Judgment on National Nuclear Regulator underlines role of board: regulation, not nuclear advocacy The Western Cape High Court judgment last week which reinstated a civil society a... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTRICITY ESKOM GOVERNANCE NATIONAL NUCLEAR REGULATOR Jan 23, 2023
It's time for government to generate electricity not confusion Graphic: Shutterstock It’s time for government to generate electricity not confusion For political zealots such as our Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, no crisis should go to waste. There is ... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM KARPOWERSHIP NERSA Jan 20, 2023
More confusion over the scrapping of e-tolls and the settlement of Sanral’s debt . Image: Shutterstock More confusion over the scrapping of e-tolls and the settlement of Sanral’s debt OUTA is astounded that we continue to hear that government and the Sanral technical team are stil... ACCOUNTABILITY E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Jan 5, 2023
Another delay in the end of e-tolls is disappointing, yet not surprising . Image: OUTA Another delay in the end of e-tolls is disappointing, yet not surprising OUTA is not surprised at another delay in scrapping the Gauteng e-toll scheme.Over the past few years, the author... ACCOUNTABILITY E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Jan 2, 2023