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Joburg Crisis Alliance responds to the resignation of Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda

* l *Image: OUTA *Joburg Crisis Alliance responds to the resignation of Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda * * The Joburg Crisis Alliance (JCA) acknowledges th...

— August 2024 — 639 views

Joburg needs active citizens to demand accountable leaders

* l * *Joburg needs active citizens to demand accountable leaders* * * Changing Joburg will take united residents, ethical leaders and a tick-list ...

— July 2024 — 404 views

Joburg Crisis Alliance calls for resignation of mayor

* l *Image: OUTA *Joburg Crisis Alliance calls for resignation of mayor and his executive * * The Joburg Crisis Alliance (JCA) makes a public call...

— July 2024 — 653 views

Joburg targets easy pickings on prepaid as customer debt soars

* l *Image: OUTA *Joburg targets easy pickings on prepaid as customer debt soars * * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), through its initia...

— July 2024 — 786 views

Joburg must scrap new R200 prepaid electricity fixed charge

* l *Image: OUTA *Joburg must scrap new R200 prepaid electricity fixed charge* * See our update of 12 July 2024:* Joburg targets easy pickings on ...

— July 2024 — 12036 views

Why is Joburg’s mayor paid more than the legal limit?

* l *Image: OUTA *Why is Joburg’s mayor paid more than the legal limit?* * JoburgCAN wants to know why the City of Johannesburg overpays the mayor...

— April 2024 — 3351 views

JoburgCAN submission calls on Joburg to rewrite budget

* l *Image: OUTA *JoburgCAN submission calls on Joburg to rewrite budget* * The City of Johannesburg draft budget and draft Integrated Development...

— April 2024 — 1495 views

JoburgCAN calls on City of Joburg to extend IDP & budget comment deadline

* l *Image: OUTA *JoburgCAN calls on City of Joburg to extend IDP & budget comment deadline * JoburgCAN, an initiative of OUTA, has formally request...

— April 2024 — 700 views

Is it time for a rates boycott in Johannesburg?

Picture: OUTA This article was first published in the Mail & Guardian on 25 March 2024 * * *Is it time for a rates boycott in Johannesburg?* This i...

— April 2024 — 579 views

State capture costs software giant SAP nearly R3bn in South Africa

* *Image: Shutterstock; SAP logo; compiled by OUTA *State capture costs software giant SAP R2.2bn in South Africa* * This statement was updated on 18...

— January 2024 — 2342 views

OUTA calls for transparency on City of Joburg property valuations

* *Picture: OUTA *OUTA calls for transparency on City of Joburg property valuations* Property owners in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) should be awar...

— August 2023 — 3104 views

Joburg property owners urged to support OUTA’s call to limit property rates for now

* *Picture: OUTA *Joburg property owners urged to support OUTA’s call to limit property rates for now * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) Non...

— August 2023 — 2090 views

OUTA disappointed that fuel levy discount has not been extended

Picture: Pixabay *OUTA disappointed that fuel levy discount has not been extended* * OUTA notes with concern the high fuel price increase in July,...

— July 2022 — 1828 views

OUTA calls for fuel levy reprieve of R1.50 to be extended for July

Picture: OUTA *OUTA calls for fuel levy reprieve of R1.50 to be extended for July* * The Ukraine war continues to keep the international price of ...

— June 2022 — 3077 views

Public pressure for fuel levy reprieve extension pays off

*Public pressure for fuel levy reprieve extension pays off* OUTA welcomes the extension of the temporary reduction in the fuel levy as desperately ...

— June 2022 — 1673 views

Extended relief on fuel levy needed

Extended relief on fuel levy needed * OUTA has called on Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to extend the R1.50 per litre temporary reduction of ...

— May 2022 — 2891 views

Fuel levy reduction is a welcome relief

Fuel levy reduction is a welcome relief * The decision by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to reduce the fuel levy by R1.50 for the next two month...

— April 2022 — 2181 views

OUTA calls for no increases to fuel levies in 2022

OUTA calls for no increases to fuel levies in 2022 * OUTA has written to Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, calling for a halt to the annual incr...

— December 2021 — 2964 views

High fuel prices: Levies and weak economic policy are the real issues

High fuel prices: Levies and weak economic policy are the real issues* Two local factors that contribute to our current high fuel prices are the we...

— November 2021 — 4648 views

Digital Vibes fiasco highlights need for lifestyle audits and ethical transparency

*Digital Vibes fiasco highlights need for lifestyle audits and ethical transparency* How many others in positions of authority were also implicated...

— September 2021 — 2958 views