Less promises and more delivery for SONA 2020 – we need hope Less promises and more delivery for SONA 2020 – we need hope While past SONA speeches have proposed good plans to take South Africa forward, OUTA trusts that this week President Ramaphosa will deliver... GOVERNMENT POLICY NEWS SONA Feb 11, 2020
OUTA to hold Mother City accountable for pollution OUTA to hold Mother City accountable for pollution The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) wrote to the City of Cape Town to request a meeting to find workable solutions to fix the sewage pollution ... LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS WATER AND ENVIRONMENT Feb 11, 2020
Enough already, OUTA tells NERSA Enough already, OUTA tells NERSA OUTA has asked the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) to ensure that Eskom responds to the questions its officials couldn’t answer at the Cape Town public hearings on i... ENERGY ESKOM NERSA NEWS Feb 10, 2020
SONA: A history of empty promises for local government reform SONA: A history of empty promises for local government reform Multiple interventions into failing municipalities have achieved poor results despite repeated commitments at successive State of the Nati... LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS SONA Feb 10, 2020
OUTA welcomes Scopa's 'delinquent directors' move on Prasa OUTA welcomes Scopa's 'delinquent directors' move on Prasa OUTA applauds the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) for its decision to ask Parliament to have the former directors of the Passen... NEWS PRASA SCOPA TRANSPORT Feb 6, 2020
OUTA and SAAPA’s first witness describes the sinking of SAA’s deal with Emirates OUTA and SAAPA’s first witness describes the sinking of SAA’s deal with Emirates Nico Bezuidenhout, the current CEO of Mango Airlines and former acting CEO of SAA, was the first witness called to give... DUDU MYENI NEWS SAA TRANSPORT Feb 5, 2020
Block Dudu Myeni from directorships for life, OUTA and SAAPA ask court Block Dudu Myeni from directorships for life, OUTA and SAAPA ask court “The mismanagement of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has brought our country close to ruin, and OUTA and SAAPA’s application to h... DUDU MYENI NEWS SAA TRANSPORT Jan 31, 2020
Myeni loses second appeal attempt, case gets underway Myeni loses second appeal attempt, case gets underway Today (Wednesday 29 Jan) Dudu Myeni’s team lost their application for leave to appeal against the Pretoria High Court’s refusal to allow them to a... DUDU MYENI NEWS SAA TRANSPORT Jan 29, 2020
Dudu tries another delay Dudu tries another delay Former SAA chair Dudu Myeni is trying again to block OUTA from bringing legal action against her. In what we regard as an expected and obvious move, Myeni’s lawyers have filed... DUDU MYENI SAA Jan 24, 2020
South Africa, stand up to Mosebenzi Zwane South Africa, stand up to Mosebenzi Zwane Why would anybody listen to Mosebenzi Zwane? Zwane is reported to be leading the charge in the ANC NEC to get rid of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordha... MOSEBENZI ZWANE STATE CAPTURE Jan 21, 2020
Makana judgment shows value of civic activism Samantha van Nispen Makana judgment shows value of civic activism The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) commends the commitment to social justice by the Unemployed People’s Movement and its legal team which resulted ... COURT CASE LOCAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT Jan 17, 2020
The NECSA Debacle: Yet another failed SOE Samantha van Nispen The NECSA debacle: yet another failed SOE The recent resignation of the rest of the current board at the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA) is cause for serious concern, as this develo... ENERGY RESIGNATION Jan 16, 2020
