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Opinion - Seize the moment - Ramaphosa must give Cabinet dead wood the axe

*Seize the moment - Ramaphosa must give Cabinet dead wood the axe* **This opinion piece was first featured in the Daily Maverick** * * * As we cele...

— July 2021 — 3252 views

Opinion - Dear Mr President, your anguish is shared by all — but South Africa needs decisiveness

*Dear Mr President, your anguish is shared by all — but South Africa needs decisiveness** * **This opinion piece was first featured in the Daily Ma...

— July 2021 — 2387 views

Condemn and arrest criminal protestors

*Condemn and arrest criminal protestors* * OUTA calls on the government to act swiftly and use whatever enforcement processes are available to con...

— July 2021 — 3268 views

Absence of consequence management and competence produces municipal decay

*Absence of consequence management and competence produces municipal decay* The decline of municipalities across the country will not stop until muni...

— July 2021 — 4182 views

OUTA calls on City of Cape Town to be transparent with civil society

*OUTA calls on City of Cape Town to be transparent with civil society* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Ratepayers’ and Residents...

— June 2021 — 2832 views

Ekurhuleni ignores complaints about evaluation roll and rates errors

*Ekurhuleni ignores complaints about evaluation roll and rates errors* The cut-off date for Ekurhuleni residents to lodge formal objections to the...

— June 2021 — 11051 views

Joburg’s third attempt to load prepaid electricity bills with a monthly charge should fail

*Joburg’s third attempt to load prepaid electricity bills with a monthly charge should fail* The City of Johannesburg’s third attempt to add a fixe...

— May 2021 — 5921 views

Defend Our Democracy

Defend Our Democracy* OUTA is one of the signatories to the Defend Our Democracy campaign. This is a broad grouping of organisations and individuals...

— March 2021 — 3280 views

One step closer to accountability

*One step closer to accountability* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Ratepayers' and Residents' Associations in Milnerton welcome ...

— January 2021 — 3381 views

Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting

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— November 2020 — 2110 views

Green Scorpions issue directive against City of Cape Town over pollution

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— October 2020 — 6843 views

OUTA asks Parliament to get on with electoral reform

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— October 2020 — 2340 views

Asking Zandile Gumede to leave is not enough

*Asking Zandile Gumede to leave is not enough* The KZN ANC should have the courage to fire Zandile Gumede, not just ask her to stand aside, says the ...

— August 2020 — 4159 views

Act against Zandile Gumede, don't promote her

*Act against Zandile Gumede, don't promote her* The appointment of corruption-accused and former eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede, to the KwaZulu-Nata...

— August 2020 — 4368 views

Eskom and SIU summonses for state capture enablers welcomed

*Eskom and SIU summonses for state capture enablers welcomed * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the announcement that Eskom and the...

— August 2020 — 2606 views

OUTA calls for whistleblowers on Covid-19 corruption

*OUTA calls for whistleblowers on Covid-19 corruption* Following President Ramaphosa’s announcement on 23 July indicating beefed-up efforts to addres...

— July 2020 — 3277 views

Joburg councillors should vote for residents not themselves

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— July 2020 — 3305 views

Removal of prepaid charge from Joburg budget a good start but not enough

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— June 2020 — 2775 views

Heads must roll in municipalities following AG report

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— June 2020 — 4093 views

Residents across 207 municipalities plead for property rates relief

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— June 2020 — 3787 views

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