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Waiting for the e-toll decision, while government allocates another R3.7bn to Gauteng’s e-toll roads

.*Image: OUTA *Waiting for the e-toll decision, while government allocates another R3.7bn to Gauteng’s e-toll roads * * * On Wednesday 26 October 2022...

— October 2022 — 1792 views

Corruption, chaos, fake licences, officials and opportunists ripping off the public: this is Gauteng’s driving licence system

Illustration: Flickr/GovernmentZA/OUTA *Corruption, chaos, fake licences, officials and opportunists ripping off the public: this is Gauteng’s driv...

— September 2022 — 3610 views

Another promise of a decision on e-tolls

Picture: OUTA *Another promise of a decision on e-tolls* Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has once again * promised an announcement [1] * on an al...

— July 2022 — 2257 views

Minister faces reality and grants motorists a 15-day reprieve

Minister * *faces reality and grants motorists a 15-day reprieve* * After weeks of ignoring the chaos and incompetence in his own department, Mini...

— April 2022 — 1915 views

Ministry struggles to balance electricity proposals with public need for clear, supportable solutions

*Ministry struggles to balance electricity proposals with public need for clear, supportable solutions* Electricity regulation and pricing affects ...

— March 2022 — 1814 views

Parliament fails again, putting party ahead of country in electoral reform bill

*Parliament fails again, putting party ahead of country in electoral reform bill* Parliament’s public hearings on the crucial Electoral Amendment B...

— March 2022 — 2108 views

Parliament is a failed institution says OUTA

Parliament is a failed institution* Parliamentarians have been metaphorically burning down the institution of Parliament for years, threatening Sout...

— March 2022 — 2185 views

South Africa is road-shedding because provincial and local governments don’t maintain roads, not because of e-tolls

*South Africa is road-shedding because provincial and local governments don’t maintain roads, not because of e-tolls* OUTA regards Minister of Tra...

— February 2022 — 7579 views

OUTA asks high court to give SANRAL CEO 10 days to hand over court-ordered information on the N4 toll contract or face a jail sentence

*OUTA asks high court to give SANRAL CEO 10 days to hand over court-ordered information on the N4 toll contract or face a jail sentence* * OUTA ha...

— January 2022 — 4802 views

OUTA: Decision to scrap e-tolls not final until enacted

*Decision to scrap e-tolls not final until enacted* OUTA notes the * Moneyweb article [1] * which states that Cabinet has made a decision to scrap e...

— November 2021 — 4886 views

Court orders SANRAL to give OUTA the N4 toll road operator’s contract and financial records

Court orders SANRAL to give OUTA the N4 toll road operator's contract and financial records* OUTA has won a high court order against SANRAL, which...

— November 2021 — 11331 views

We object Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material

*We object Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material* * OUTA has submitted formal objections to the President’s Nominatio...

— October 2021 — 62 views

We object - Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material

*We object - Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material* * OUTA has submitted formal objections to the President’s Nominat...

— October 2021 — 85 views

We object: Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material

*We object: Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material* * * OUTA has submitted formal objections to the President’s Nominat...

— October 2021 — 2629 views

Could e-tolls be funding corruption?

*Could e-tolls be funding corruption?* Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula responded to questions in Parliament on Wednesday about the future of the...

— September 2021 — 10060 views

Forget TV licences or levies and fund SABC directly from the fiscus instead

*Forget TV licences or levies and fund SABC directly from the fiscus instead* The SABC is a vital public service and should be funded accordingly, ...

— September 2021 — 2400 views

E-toll debt is no reason to hold onto a failed scheme

E-toll debt is no reason to hold onto a failed scheme * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) suggests that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana w...

— September 2021 — 3043 views

SABC's survival is crucial for democracy

*SABC's survival is crucial for democracy* The SABC Bill should address the funding crisis for the public broadcaster by regularising state funding...

— August 2021 — 2452 views

Oh no: NERSA takes SA another step towards new nuclear

Oh no: NERSA takes SA another step towards new nuclear power stations* OUTA is extremely concerned that the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) elec...

— August 2021 — 2510 views

A Cabinet reshuffle that signals a President still trapped in cadre deployment

*A Cabinet reshuffle that signals a President still trapped in cadre deployment* There’s not much to cheer about in President Ramaphosa’s new Cabin...

— August 2021 — 4622 views