Concern over new electoral reform ministerial panel Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA l Concern over new electoral reform ministerial panel We, the undersigned organisations, express concern regarding the Minister of Home Affairs selection of individuals to t... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTIONS JOINT STATEMENTS PARLIAMENT May 20, 2024
Support for Concourt, irrespective of outcome Image: The Flame of Democracy at the Concourt. Image: OUTA l Support for Concourt, irrespective of outcome We, the undersigned organisations, call on all stakeholders to respect the decision of theCon... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTIONS JOINT STATEMENTS PARLIAMENT May 10, 2024
OUTA files complaints with Information Regulator over public entities’ secrecy l Image: Shutterstock/Sanral/CETA / OUTA compilation OUTA files complaints with Information Regulator over public entities’ secrecy OUTA has filed complaints against the South African National Roads A... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Apr 24, 2024
GILAB: A little less Big Brother but still too authoritarian l Image: Shutterstock GILAB: A little less Big Brother but still too authoritarian South Africa needs more than ever an active civil society that can hold government to account. Any measures by the st... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Apr 5, 2024
Stakeholders collaborate to strengthen parliamentary oversight and accountability Image: OUTA's Dr Rachel Fischer at the parliamentary event. Picture: OUTA l Stakeholders collaborate to strengthen parliamentary oversight and accountability On 19 March 2024, a diverse assembly of st... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Mar 20, 2024
Civil society asks Parliament to reject the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA l Civil society asks Parliament to reject the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill as unconstitutional OUTA is part of a civil society group which has jointly written to parliam... ACCOUNTABILITY ELECTIONS JOINT STATEMENTS PARLIAMENT POLITICAL PARTY FUNDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Mar 19, 2024
Civil society questions the postponement of public hearings on the SABC Bill Image: Shutterstock l Civil society questions the postponement of public hearings on the SABC Bill The SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOS) is very concerned at the abrupt cancellation of t... ACCOUNTABILITY JOINT STATEMENTS PARLIAMENT SABC Mar 1, 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
Redraft intelligence laws amendments in line with the Constitution l Image: Gerd Altmann / Pixabay / OUTA Redraft intelligence laws amendments in line with the Constitution The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has submitted a detailed critique of the General Int... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Feb 15, 2024
SONA So What: OUTA suggests disengaging from SONA 2024 l Image: OUTA SONA So What: OUTA suggests disengaging from SONA 2024 The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has decided to ignore this year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Ramapho... ACCOUNTABILITY PARLIAMENT SONA Feb 6, 2024
SABC Bill kicks the can down the road Image: Shutterstock SABC Bill kicks the can down the road The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) believes that it is of utmost importance to ensure that the SABC has strong legislation and policies... ACCOUNTABILITY DEMOCRACY PARLIAMENT SABC Jan 16, 2024
Change to law would give intelligence agencies broad powers of surveillance but do little to safeguard secret funds from looting Change to law would give intelligence agencies broad powers of surveillance but do little to safeguard secret funds from looting Civil society joint statement on the 2023 General Intelligence Laws Ame... ACCOUNTABILITY JOINT STATEMENTS PARLIAMENT Dec 7, 2023