OUTA welcomes decision to hold VAT at 15% l Image: Shutterstock OUTA welcomes decision to hold VAT at 15% While the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes government’s decision not to increase VAT on 1 May 2025, the debacle that has f... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET CORRUPTION GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT Apr 24, 2025
Broadcasting Digital Migration: Costly, delayed, and lacking oversight l Image: OUTA Broadcasting Digital Migration: Costly, delayed, and lacking oversight The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has submitted a research report to the Portfolio Committee on Communicati... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET CORRUPTION GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT Mar 27, 2025
OUTA slams Treasury’s stealth tax hikes while billions are lost to corruption and waste l Image: Shutterstock OUTA slams Treasury’s stealth tax hikes while billions are lost to corruption and waste The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has submitted its response to Parliament on Budg... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET CORRUPTION GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT Mar 24, 2025
Budget 2025, v2: Cut corruption, cut waste – then talk about tax increases l Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA Budget 2025, v2:Cut corruption, cut waste – then talk about tax increases The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) acknowledges the complex challenges faced by Finance Mi... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET CORRUPTION GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT Mar 12, 2025
Here’s how to find R500bn, OUTA tells Finance Minister l Image: Shutterstock Here’s how to find R500bn, OUTA tells Finance Minister The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) notes with concern the statements made by Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi at the ... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET CORRUPTION Mar 4, 2025
Better, but the culture of non-compliance in government prevails l Image: Flickr/GovZA Better audit outcomes, but the culture of non-compliance in government prevails The Auditor-General of South Africa’s (AGSA’s) annual report on audit outcomes for national and pr... ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITOR GENERAL BUDGET GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT Nov 27, 2024
No power and poor contractors affect water and sanitation delivery l Image: Shutterstock No power and poor contractors affect water and sanitation delivery The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS 2024) illustrates how widespread and unmanaged government dysfun... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET PARLIAMENT Nov 4, 2024
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
Budget 2024: Fire-fighting by a desperate government in the face of an election l Budget 2024: Fire-fighting by a desperate government in the face of an election The cabinet’s decision to raid R150 billion of surplus “paper profits” within the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingenc... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET BUDGET SPEECH PARLIAMENT Feb 22, 2024
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
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