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Accountability win: Public Protector upholds OUTA complaint and orders criminal investigation

.*Image: Acting Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka (Facebook/PublicProtectorSouthAfrica) / Compilation OUTA *Accountability win: Public Protect...

— October 2022 — 2637 views

Charges against Zwane a significant step in battling state capture

Picture: GovZA/Flickr *Charges against Zwane are a significant step in battling state capture* The former minister and serving Member of Parliam...

— September 2022 — 2478 views

Extend driver's licence period and scrap e-tolls, Minister Mbalula

.*Graphic: OUTA *Extend driver's licence period and scrap e-tolls, Minister Mbalula * * * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes Transport...

— September 2022 — 1928 views

Transnet arrests 7 years after the crime: Better late than never

.*Graphic: OUTA *Transnet arrests 7 years after the crime: better late than never* Seven years after Trillian boss and Regiment’s shareholder Eric Woo...

— August 2022 — 4480 views

While transport department dithers, angry motorists are still queuing for licence renewals

.*Graphic: OUTA *WHILE TRANSPORT DEPT DITHERS, ANGRY MOTORISTS ARE STILL QUEUING FOR LICENCE RENEWALS* Almost six months after OUTA met with Transport...

— August 2022 — 1467 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 — 2655 views

The culture of cadre deployment inflicts deep-rooted economic damage to the State

The * *culture of cadre deployment inflicts deep-rooted economic damage to the State* *This opinion piece by OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage was first publ...

— July 2022 — 3324 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 — 2176 views

Thank you for your service, Chief Justice Zondo

Thank you for your service, Chief Justice Zondo. Now it's up to many others to do their duty too. * Chief Justice Zondo and his team have done Sout...

— June 2022 — 2015 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 — 1748 views

OUTA welcomes Gupta arrests – now for successful extradition

*OUTA welcomes Gupta arrests – now for successful extradition* OUTA welcomes the news that Atul and Rajesh Gupta, the two brothers charged in the Nu...

— June 2022 — 5266 views

Orange overalls loom for former Transnet officials and Gupta associates

O* *range overalls loom for former Transnet officials and Gupta associates* OUTA is very pleased to hear about the * arrest [1] *of six former Tran...

— May 2022 — 4222 views

Chief Justice not pulling any punches

Chief Justice not pulling any punches* Today the State Capture Commission provided us with another detailed, damning report on our government, the ...

— April 2022 — 2659 views

AARTO: One unconstitutional law, three legal actions in the Concourt

Image: OUTA *AARTO: One unconstitutional law, three legal actions in the Concourt* In February 2022, the controversial AARTO law headed to the Cons...

— April 2022 — 4057 views

Don't start a war with motorists over driver's licences, OUTA warns

*Don't start a war with motorists over driver's licences, OUTA warns* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) estimates that come 1 April 2022, S...

— March 2022 — 2812 views

The driving licence deadline may require further extension

*The driving licence deadline may require further extension* Hundreds of thousands of motorists are still struggling to have their expired driving ...

— March 2022 — 2490 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 — 2123 views

Zondo report underlines importance of corruption to ANC and government

*Zondo report underlines importance of corruption to ANC and government* We have to say this again: President Ramaphosa should act immediately agai...

— March 2022 — 2019 views

Online fees for vehicle licensing introduces massive hidden tax hikes

*Online fees for vehicle licensing introduces massive hidden tax hikes* OUTA believes that the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s (RTMC) introdu...

— February 2022 — 5004 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 — 7442 views