Poor municipal budgeting needs to be punished Poor municipal budgeting needs to be punished – OUTA Municipalities need to rethink raising revenues, the regulations governing the process as well as greater accountability and consequence management... BUDGET LOCAL GOVERNMENT Dec 12, 2023
Change to law would give intelligence agencies broad powers of surveillance but do little to safeguard secret funds from looting Change to law would give intelligence agencies broad powers of surveillance but do little to safeguard secret funds from looting Civil society joint statement on the 2023 General Intelligence Laws Ame... ACCOUNTABILITY JOINT STATEMENTS PARLIAMENT Dec 7, 2023
Johannesburg: A city on the Brink of collapse? Johannesburg: A city on the Brink of collapse? The Joburg Crisis Alliance is outraged by the council’s secretive reappointment of Mr Floyd Brink as the city manager for the City of Johannesburg, flout... ACCOUNTABILITY CITY OF JOHANNESBURG CORRUPTION JOINT STATEMENTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATE CAPTURE Dec 6, 2023
NSFAS slow to tackle student accommodation timebomb NSFAS slow to tackle student accommodation timebomb OUTA completed its investigation into student accommodation tenders at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), and the findings are cause... ACCOUNTABILITY NSFAS Dec 5, 2023
OUTA congratulates City of Joburg whistleblower Sarika Lakraj OUTA congratulates City of Joburg whistleblower Sarika Lakraj On Saturday 25 November, Sarika Lakraj received the Ahmed Kathrada Excellence in Leadership Award at the Congress of Business and Economic... ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITOR GENERAL CORRUPTION PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Dec 1, 2023
Departments do not take management of public funds seriously, says OUTA Departments do not take management of public funds seriously, says OUTA The Auditor-General’s report to Parliament on audit outcomes for national and provincial government for 2022/23 shows an alarmin... ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITOR GENERAL CORRUPTION PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Nov 29, 2023
Laws? What laws? SIU report lays bare SAA’s culture of looting Laws? What laws? SIU report lays bare SAA’s culture of looting The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) interim report (see here ) to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on 21 November reads... ACCOUNTABILITY DUDU MYENI PARLIAMENT SAA STATE CAPTURE Nov 22, 2023
Taxpayers mistrust SARS because of government corruption Taxpayers mistrust SARS because of government corruption OUTA Following a business survey of corporate taxpayers views which found that SARS has a way to go to gain their trust, OUTA used its social m... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION Nov 17, 2023
A massive loss for transparency: Court rules OUTA not entitled to financial information on N3TC toll concession A massive loss for transparency: Court rules OUTA not entitled to financial information on N3TC toll concession OUTA has lost a court bid to get financial information from Sanral which would expose th... ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONCESSIONAIRES COURT CASE SANRAL TOLLS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT Nov 15, 2023
Where is the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel? . Image: Flickr/GovtZA Where is the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel? Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi is again blocking electoral reform, by missing a key deadline in the amended law. The... ELECTIONS PARLIAMENT Nov 3, 2023
MTBPS 2023: Gloom ahead as government treads water ahead of an election . MTBPS 2023: Gloom ahead as government treads water ahead of an election Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana painted a gloomy outlook of the country’s financial position, and that’s putting it mildl... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET BUDGET SPEECH STATE CAPTURE Nov 2, 2023
OUTA to partner with PMG and OpenUp in Enhancing Accountability Programme ome Picture: Launching the Enhancing Accountability Programme with, from left, OUTA Parliamentary Engagement and Research Manager Rachel Fischer, OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage, EU Ambassador Sandra Kramer, ... ELECTIONS GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Oct 27, 2023