OUTA to partner with PMG and OpenUp in Enhancing Accountability Programme ome Picture: Launching the Enhancing Accountability Programme with, from left, OUTA Parliamentary Engagement and Research Manager Rachel Fischer, OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage, EU Ambassador Sandra Kramer, ... ELECTIONS GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Oct 27, 2023
The end of the road for NSFAS CEO Andile Nongogo The end of the road for NSFAS CEO Andile Nongogo OUTA is delighted with the NSFAS board’s decision to terminate the employment of Andile Nongogo as CEO. This follows the recommendations made in a repo... ACCOUNTABILITY NSFAS Oct 24, 2023
Holding ministers to account is hard work: here are some tools . Holding ministers to account is hard work: here are some tools A stronger democracy needs a stronger parliament, and OUTA has produced some tools to help parliamentarians and active citizens work to... ELECTIONS GOVERNANCE PARLIAMENT STATE CAPTURE Oct 19, 2023
NSFAS report is an important win for accountability NSFAS report is an important win for accountability OUTA welcomes the NSFAS board’s decision to accept and implement the findings and recommendations of the Werksmans report on the NSFAS direct paymen... ACCOUNTABILITY NSFAS Oct 19, 2023
City of Joburg Ombud needs teeth Picture: OUTA City of Joburg Ombud needs teeth The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on the City of Johannesburg to strengthen a draft by-law to ensure that the City’s Ombudsman’s Offic... ACCOUNTABILITY CITY OF JOHANNESBURG GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Oct 18, 2023
Rushing bills through Parliament limits legitimacy . Image: Shutterstock Rushing bills through Parliament limits legitimacy The legislative process is an important process but loses a sense of legitimacy if bills are pushed through Parliament in a rus... ENERGY NATIONAL NUCLEAR REGULATOR PARLIAMENT Oct 17, 2023
Mantashe’s fixation on NGO funding is a pretext to silence civil society’s voice as a watchdog of democracy . Image: Flickr_GovZA This article first appeared in the Daily Maverick on 11 October 2023 Mantashe’s fixation on NGO funding is a pretext to silence civil society’s voice as a watchdog of democracy G... OPINION PIECE Oct 13, 2023
New RAF legislation will not stand in the court of public opinion or any other court . Image: Shutterstock New RAF legislation will not stand in the court of public opinion or any other court The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) believes that the draft Road Accident Fund Amendmen... PARLIAMENT TRANSPORT Oct 9, 2023
Parliamentary committee misled during NSFAS meeting Picture: OUTA Parliamentary committee misled during NSFAS meeting On 4 October 2023, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation heard presentations from Minister Blad... NSFAS PARLIAMENT Oct 9, 2023
The end of e-tolls: A broken promise to South African motorists . Image: OUTA The end of e-tolls: A broken promise to South African motorists It has been a year since Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana promised an end to e-tolls, but motorists in Gauteng are still ... BUDGET E-TOLLS ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT Oct 3, 2023