National Budget needs stronger civil society input National Budget needs stronger civil society input In the annual Budget process, there are some opportunities for South Africans and civil society to make comments and recommendations to National Trea... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET MID TERM BUDGET NEWS PARLIAMENT Nov 10, 2020
Show us value for money in state spending Show us value for money in state spending Waste not, want not, OUTA told Parliament today. OUTA told the Standing and Select Committees on Finance that its core concern about the budget is the lack of... ACCOUNTABILITY BUDGET NEWS PARLIAMENT Nov 4, 2020
Deputy AG is best person for top job Deputy AG is best person for top job The Deputy Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke remains the top pick as the new Auditor-General from 1 December as the parliamentary committee tasked to appoint the ne... ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITOR GENERAL GOVERNANCE NEWS PARLIAMENT Oct 21, 2020
OUTA asks Parliament to get on with electoral reform OUTA asks Parliament to get on with electoral reform Tired of politics? Very few South Africans realise the gravity of the Concourt judgment of 11 June 2020 on electoral reform and the potential it ha... CONCOURT DEMOCRACY ELECTIONS NEWS PARLIAMENT Oct 20, 2020
Civil society asks Parliament for water regulator law Civil society asks Parliament for water regulator law The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and Water Shortage South Africa believe that the unresolved national water crisis constitutes a powerful case f... ACCOUNTABILITY GENERAL NEWS NEWS PARLIAMENT PUBLIC GOVERNANCE WATER Oct 14, 2020
Dear Madam Speaker, please make it stop! Dear Madam Speaker, please make it stop! Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane lost yet another court battle on Friday and is now blaming the Speaker of Parliament, Thandi Modise, for her woes. Is she u... CHAPTER 9 INSTITUTIONS PARLIAMENT PUBLIC PROTECTOR Oct 12, 2020
Revive Parliament’s inquiry into Department of Water and Sanitation Revive Parliament’s inquiry into Department of Water and Sanitation The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, OUTA has written to the Speaker of Parliament and the Chairpersons of both the Standing Committe... ACCOUNTABILITY GENERAL NEWS LESOTHO HIGHLANDS WATER NEWS PARLIAMENT PUBLIC GOVERNANCE WATER Oct 6, 2020
NYDA: This time with integrity NYDA: This time with integrity On 15 December 2019, Parliament advertised in various local, regional and national newspapers, and on the parliamentary website, inviting applications for persons to ser... ACCOUNTABILITY ANC GENERAL NEWS GOVERNANCE NEWS PARLIAMENT Sep 4, 2020
Supplementary budget must herald fundamental change in the public sector – OUTA and PARI Supplementary budget must herald fundamental change in the public sector – OUTA and PARI The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) made a submission on... BUDGET NEWS PARLIAMENT Jul 2, 2020
OUTA asks Parliament to redo Budget to ensure government gets by with less OUTA asks Parliament to redo Budget to ensure government gets by with less The public sector is under extreme pressure. Tax revenue is falling further and further short of our national spending needs,... BUDGET COVID19 NEWS PARLIAMENT Jun 5, 2020
Disaster Management Act requires urgent attention Disaster Management Act requires urgent attention The crisis we face in South Africa today in both curbing the Covid-19 pandemic as well as reducing the economic fallout, is being made worse by growin... COVID19 PARLIAMENT May 19, 2020
Time for Parliament to crack the whip Time for Parliament to crack the whip Members of Parliament (MPs) must live up to their oath of office and defend the public by ensuring effective oversight of government. OUTA has produced a publicat... PARLIAMENT May 13, 2020