South Africa’s fight against corruption: A budgetary betrayal l Image: Flickr/GovZA South Africa’s fight against corruption: A budgetary betrayal The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) for October 2024 disappointingly lacks a strong focus on addressing ... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET PARLIAMENT Oct 30, 2024
Will MTBPS 2024 display greater political will to tackle corruption? l Image: Flickr/GovZA Will MTBPS 2024 display greater political will to tackle corruption? On Wednesday, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana will share with South Africans the Medium-Term Budget Poli... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET PARLIAMENT Oct 28, 2024
From lamentable to laudable: charting a new course for parliamentary oversight in South Africa l Image: Shutterstock This opinion piece was first published in the Daily Maverick on 20 October 2024 written by Dr Rachel Fischer From lamentable to laudable: charting a new course for parliamentary ... ACCOUNTABILITY OPINION PIECE PARLIAMENT Oct 23, 2024
Parliament grills Services SETA over ignored Werksmans report l Image: Shutterstock OUTA Parliament grills Services SETA over ignored Werksmans report A tender that escalated by more than 1200% (from R6,6m to R89m) awarded to a bidder that should have been disqu... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION SERVICES SETA STATE CAPTURE Oct 17, 2024
Sanral’s 2024 massive e-toll debt write-off is nothing short of creative accounting Image: OUTA l Sanral’s 2024 massive e-toll debt write-off is nothing short of creative accounting The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) notes that Sanral has changed its financial reporting practi... ACCOUNTABILITY E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL Oct 16, 2024
OUTA scores the 6th Parliament as “lamentable” l Image: OUTA OUTA scores the 6th Parliament as "lamentable" The Constitution requires Members of Parliament (MPs) to scrutinise and oversee executive (ministers) action, but OUTA believes they are le... ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT Oct 16, 2024
Government should act and speak less when it comes to fuel tax cuts l Image: Pixabay Government should act and speak less when it comes to fuel tax cuts The South African public have been listening to politicians talking about removing the tax components in order to l... FUEL LEVY Fuel Price GOVERNANCE TRANSPORT Oct 9, 2024
South Africa must substantially intensify its fight against corruption l Image: OUTA South Africa must substantially intensify its fight against corruption By OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage This article first appeared on the Daily Maverick on 25 September 2024 The scourge of co... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION OPINION PIECE Sep 26, 2024
Cancel the driving licence card machine contract – OUTA l Image: OUTA Cancel the driving licence card machine contract – OUTA OUTA welcomes Transport Minister Barbara Creecy’s announcement that the driving licence card machine tender award and contract wil... ACCOUNTABILITY DRIVERS LICENCE GOVERNANCE RTMC TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT Sep 5, 2024
CAN will monitor, apply pressure on Coalition Bill passage in parliament l Image: OUTA CAN will monitor, apply pressure on Coalition Bill passage in parliament The Community Action Network, an initiative of OUTA, will monitor the passage of the so-called Coalition Bill whe... ACCOUNTABILITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTA's COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK Sep 5, 2024
Local government bill undermines accountability and protects irregular appointments l Image: OUTA Local government bill undermines accountability and protects irregular appointments The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse’s local government Initiative, the Community Action Network (CAN), ... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTA's COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK Sep 2, 2024
OUTA: Catastrophic consequences if municipalities fail to reform l Image: OUTA OUTA: Catastrophic consequences if municipalities fail to reform The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) expresses grave concern over the Auditor-General’s report on the 2022/23 audit ... ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITOR GENERAL CORRUPTION LOCAL GOVERNMENT Aug 27, 2024