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
The end of e-tolls: A broken promise to South African motorists . Image: OUTA The end of e-tolls: A broken promise to South African motorists It has been a year since Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana promised an end to e-tolls, but motorists in Gauteng are still ... BUDGET E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Oct 3, 2023
CoJ budget ambitions require high levels of accountability and transparency, says OUTA . Image: Flick/SA Tourism CoJ budget ambitions require high levels of accountability and transparency, says OUTA The City of Johannesburg’s ambition to become a “centre of good governance” will requir... BUDGET CITY OF JOHANNESBURG OUTA's COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK Jun 15, 2023
Fund the IEC properly rather than political parties . Image: Flickr/GovtZA Fund the IEC properly rather than political parties The National Assembly has passed the Appropriation Bill without addressing the cuts to the Electoral Commission (IEC) budget,... BUDGET ELECTIONS PARLIAMENT Jun 12, 2023
Councils squabble and spend billions, while controls and transparency fail . Image: OUTA Councils squabble and spend billions of rand, while controls and transparency fail Over the last five years, Johannesburg Water has spent at least R200 million on repairs and upgrades fo... ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITOR GENERAL BUDGET CORRUPTION GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY Jun 1, 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
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
OUTA calls for explanation of Sanral and GFIP debt . Image: OUTA OUTA calls for explanation of Sanral and GFIP debt OUTA’s submission to Parliament on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS 2022) calls for an explanation of the South African N... BUDGET E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Nov 25, 2022
The GFIP debt and Gauteng’s portion make no sense: OUTA . Image: OUTA The GFIP debt and Gauteng’s portion make no sense We read the National Treasury’s statement of 3 November 2022 regarding the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) debt with disbelie... BUDGET E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Nov 4, 2022
Get orange overalls ready for Koko! . Picture: Moneyweb / OUTA Get orange overalls ready for Koko! The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the announcement that Eskom’s former head of generation, Matshela Koko, his wife Mosim... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET ESKOM MID TERM BUDGET STATE CAPTURE Oct 27, 2022
MTBPS 2022 brings the end of e-tolls . Picture: Jonathon Rees / Graphic: OUTA MTBPS 2022 brings the end of e-tolls Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana ended e-tolls today, tabling bills that transfer R23.736 billion from national governmen... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET E-TOLLS ETOLLS MID TERM BUDGET SANRAL TRANSPORT Oct 26, 2022