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Joburg property owners, watch out for property rates increase!

*Joburg property owners, watch out for property rates increase!* * The City of Johannesburg is updating the general valuation roll of property for...

— February 2023 — 3839 views

Municipalities should light the way in involving communities in energy solutions

*Municipalities should light the way in involving communities in energy solutions* * Loadshedding has negatively affected every single person in S...

— February 2023 — 1359 views

Moving SOEs from Public Enterprises will fast-track their demise

Graphic: OUTA *Moving SOEs from Public Enterprises will fast-track their demise ** * *This opinion piece by OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage was first publis...

— January 2023 — 1272 views

Joburg property valuation public participation process starts in February 2023

.*Image: Shutterstock *Joburg property valuation public participation process starts in February 2023* * * OUTA recently raised concerns with the City...

— November 2022 — 1683 views

The only thing that should roll in rolling blackouts, are heads

.*Graphic: OUTA *The only thing that should roll in rolling blackouts, are heads * *This opinion piece by OUTA Legal Project Manager, Brendan Slade wa...

— October 2022 — 1761 views

The public sector-business corruption tango continues unabated

.*Graphic: OUTA *The public sector-business corruption tango continues unabated * *This opinion piece by OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage was first published i...

— September 2022 — 1489 views

Halting our growing numbness to decay

Graphic: OUTA *Halting our growing numbness to decay* * * Following our historic peaceful transition to democracy and almost three decades of invest...

— August 2022 — 899 views

Municipalities need competence and accountability, not a skills swap

Picture: Shutterstock *Municipalities need competence and accountability, not a skills swap* Stop pandering to incompetent deployed cadres in munic...

— July 2022 — 2657 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 — 1778 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 — 2999 views

Active citizens are needed to help stop the financial rot in municipalities

*Active citizens are needed to help stop the financial rot in municipalities* The Auditor-General’s report on local government audit outcomes for 2...

— June 2022 — 1749 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 — 1631 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 — 2832 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 — 2104 views

OUTA celebrates 10 years - An overview

*Ten years of OUTA’s existence, a defiance campaign that gave teeth to a corruption fighting watchdog* Over the past decade, OUTA’s model of civil ...

— February 2022 — 2918 views

Judgment sending Jacob Zuma back to jail shows nobody is above the law

Judgment sending Jacob Zuma back to jail shows nobody is above the law * OUTA welcomes the high court judgment * reversing [1] *the poor decision t...

— December 2021 — 4888 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 — 2872 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 — 4513 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 — 3277 views

Zuma's incarceration strengthens accountability

Zuma's incarceration strengthens accountability * OUTA notes the arrest of Jacob Zuma, who spent his first night in jail late last night. We are re...

— July 2021 — 2319 views