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
OUTA calls for stronger checks on executive perks Image: Parliament sitting. Image by OUTA OUTA calls for stronger checks on executive perks The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has made a formal submission to Parliament in support of the Remune... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT Apr 16, 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
OUTA and partners launch the ParliMeter, a ground-breaking parliamentary oversight tool l Image: OUTA OUTA and partners launch ParliMeter, a ground-breaking parliamentary oversight tool The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), in collaboration with OpenUp and the Parliamentary Monitori... ACCOUNTABILITY GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT TRANSPARENCY Mar 6, 2025
SONA 2025: Unconvincing, uninspiring and more of the same hollow promises l Image: Flickr_GovZA SONA 2025:Unconvincing, uninspiring and more of the same hollow promises President Ramaphosa’s SONA 2025 must go down as one of the longest hot air and uninspiring speeches we ha... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION PARLIAMENT SONA Feb 6, 2025
Address this State of Corruption The State Capture Commission recommendations ought to be implemented in full, without reservation, yet have been largely ignored. The President’s own National Anti-Corruption Agency has been extremely... ACCOUNTABILITY CORRUPTION PARLIAMENT SCOPA Feb 4, 2025
OUTA welcomes new era of collaboration with Parliament l Image: OUTA OUTA welcomes new era of collaboration with Parliament The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is looking forward to an open and productive partnership with Parliament during the 7th a... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Dec 4, 2024
IS INSETA MANAGEMENT HIDING SOMETHING UNTOWARD? l Image: OUTA Is INSETA Management Hiding Something Untoward? Inseta’s management refused to allow time for questions at AGM after ignoring our requests for information for many months, acknowledged t... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Dec 3, 2024
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