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
Don’t overpay on property rates: check before deadline . Image: Shutterstock Don’t overpay on property rates: check before deadline The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), through its Community Action Network (CAN) initiative, encourages ratepayers to ... ACCOUNTABILITY CITY OF JOHANNESBURG LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY OUTA's COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK Feb 23, 2023
Municipalities should light the way in involving communities in energy solutions Municipalities should light the way in involving communities in energy solutions Loadshedding has negatively affected every single person in South Africa and public frustration and anger are at boilin... ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY Feb 7, 2023
Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting OUTA recently submitted comments to National Treasury on the Supply Chain Management Regulations relating to municipal procurement policies a... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY NEWS Nov 30, 2020
No to any increase in municipal electricity prices, says OUTA South Africa can't afford any increase in municipal electricity prices OUTA is calling on the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) to block any increases in municipal electricity tariffs. NERSA is consid... ELECTRICITY PRICES ESKOM LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY NERSA NEWS Apr 9, 2020
How will municipalities spend R23bn transfer? How will municipalities spend R23bn transfer? The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) calls on municipalities to spend the equitable share grant they received this week on service delivery not on ye... ECONOMIC POLICY GOVERNMENT POLICY LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY Dec 5, 2019
OUTA calls ANC to honour its stand removing elected officials accused of criminal charges OUTA calls ANC to honour its stand removing elected officials accused of criminal charges OUTA’s KZN division is calling on the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal to stay true to its word and ... CORRUPTION ETHEKWINI KWAZULU-NATAL MUNICIPALITY May 15, 2019
OUTA calls on mayor Zandile Gumede to step down OUTA calls on mayor Zandile Gumede to step down OUTA’s provincial manager for KZN, Tim Tyrrell said this matter needs to be dealt with swiftly and due to Gumede being the most senior public office bea... CORRUPTION ETHEKWINI KWAZULU-NATAL MUNICIPALITY May 14, 2019
OPINION PIECE: Communities have the power to hold municipalities accountable OPINION PIECE: Communities have the power to hold municipalities accountable “An educated, enlightened and informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy” - Nelso... MUNICIPALITY Apr 30, 2019
OPINION PIECE: Poor oversight leaves communities in the dark Poor oversight leaves communities in the dark On the eve of the country’s 7th democratic election, only 7% of our country’s municipalities are functional. South Africans need to start asking tough que... MUNICIPALITY OPINION PIECE Apr 25, 2019
OUTA welcomes KZN intervention in Msunduzi municipality OUTA welcomes KZN intervention in Msunduzi municipality The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the intervention by the KwaZulu-Natal government into the Msunduzi Local Municipality, follow... LOCAL MSUNDUZI MUNICIPALITY Apr 12, 2019
No money for service delivery, but cash for breakaways No money for service delivery, but cash for breakaways The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has learned that the executive and administration of Govan Mbeki Local Municipality have left for a thr... GOVAN MBEKI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Apr 12, 2019