City of Joburg Ombud needs teeth Picture: OUTA City of Joburg Ombud needs teeth The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on the City of Johannesburg to strengthen a draft by-law to ensure that the City’s Ombudsman’s Offic... ACCOUNTABILITY CITY OF JOHANNESBURG GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Oct 18, 2023
Parliament is still a failed institution, finds OUTA report . Image: OUTA Parliament is still a failed institution, finds OUTA report Today OUTA releases our fifth annual report on parliamentary oversight. For the fifth year in a row, our report finds that par... GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Sep 19, 2023
Property rates shock on your CoJ bill? . Image: Shutterstock Property rates shock on your CoJ bill? Take OUTA's survey on the property valuations. OUTA The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is running a public survey to see how propert... CITY OF JOHANNESBURG GOVERNANCE OUTA's COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK Jul 11, 2023
Public Service Commission Bill is a step in the right direction . Image: OUTA Public Service Commission Bill is a step in the right direction OUTA wants the Public Service Commission Bill to help professionalise the public service and improve transparency. “OUTA’s... GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Jul 11, 2023
No exemption for Eskom means better oversight . Image: Shutterstock No exemption for Eskom means better oversight The OUTA commends the decision by Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana that Eskom will not be granted a partial exemption from havin... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION ESKOM GOVERNANCE Jun 7, 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
Will Minister Ramokgopa use his new powers wisely? . Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA Will Minister Ramokgopa use his new powers wisely? South Africa has waited more than three months for clarity on what Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will do... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION ESKOM GOVERNANCE May 26, 2023
Road safety is a colossal South African concern: what’s the plan, government? . Image: Shutterstock Road safety is a colossal South African concern: what’s the plan, government? The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says that it is becoming increasingly clear that the curre... AARTO ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY TRANSPORT May 17, 2023
Just tell us what was on the Russian ship . Image: Lady R ( Yörük Işık / Twitter) Just tell us what was on the Russian ship Our government’s lack of transparency on allegations of armament supplies to Russia, a country that is in a war of agg... ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY STATE CAPTURE May 12, 2023
OUTA asks Treasury to abandon Eskom exemption . Image: OUTA OUTA asks Treasury to abandon Eskom exemption OUTA has submitted written comment to National Treasury on its proposal to exempt Eskom from disclosing irregular, fruitless and wasteful ex... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION ESKOM GOVERNANCE Apr 20, 2023
OUTA legal action ends electricity state of disaster . Image: Flickr / GovZA / compilation OUTA OUTA legal action ends electricity state of disaster The state is withdrawing the national state of disaster in response to OUTA’s legal action challenging i... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTRICITY GOVERNANCE STATE OF DISASTER Apr 5, 2023
OUTA on Eskom PFMA exemptions: where’s the transparency? . Image: Shutterstock OUTA on Eskom PFMA exemptions: where’s the transparency? The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is concerned that Eskom has been exempted from disclosing irregular and fruitle... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION ESKOM GOVERNANCE Apr 3, 2023