*We like the talk (again) but implementation is crucial* President Ramaphosa’s reconstruction and recovery plan provides useful direction for South A...
*President Ramaphosa’s appeal to ANC leadership needs real action, not lip service* OUTA is both impressed with and sceptical about President Cyril R...
*OUTA calls for govt transparency on all Covid-19 relief spending* OUTA is aware that the recent announcement of the IMF loan of around R70bn to Sout...
**We hope the Treasury’s economic strategy paper is the start of a national debate* * The National Treasury’s paper, Economic transformation, inclusiv...
**Questions arise from SANRAL’s annual report, ahead of bond auction* * The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) believes these pertinent matte...
**Ramaphosa's e-toll talk is sheer propaganda* * The vast majority (estimated at over 90%) of the submissions by those who attended the Gauteng e-toll...
**OUTA Chairman's report: 2014/2015* * Some sixteen months ago, The Department of Transport and SANRAL decided to forge ahead with their plans to laun...
**OUTA response to Minister Nene’s budget speech* * In response to Minister Nene’s budget speech statements with regard to the e-toll fiasco, the Oppo...
**E-toll conflict prevails: panel has misread legal status of e-tolls** While the Gauteng Provincial Government deserves applause for initiating a nec...
**E-toll workshops - good and disappointing outcomes* * Furthermore, OUTA’s vindication has been heightened by the support expressed during the worksh...
**E-toll review panel misunderstands the legitimacy of civil disobedience* * At the outset, we reject the position taken by the panel that there is ‘n...
**More concerns than compliments on Gauteng’s e-Toll Advisory Panel report* * While we will require a little more time to digest the full content of t...
**One year on, e-tolls remains an embarrassing mess* * It’s called Democracy. South Africa is suffering from a power failure. No, not just that of Esk...
**Do the maths Minister: R3.65/litre is absurd* * Dipuo Peters’ statement that a further R3.65 will need to be added to the fuel levy, if indeed the f...
**Minister plays power and forsakes authority* * At the very least we were hoping that SANRAL and the Department of Transport (DoT) would acknowledge ...
— November 2014
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A prosperous country with an organised, engaged and empowered civil society that ensures responsible use of tax revenues throughout all levels of Government.
