Newsroom

Councils squabble and spend billions, while controls and transparency fail

.*Image: OUTA *Councils squabble and spend billions of rand, while controls and transparency fail* * Over the last five years, Johannesburg Water h...

— June 2023 — 1520 views

Don’t overpay on property rates: check before deadline

.*Image: Shutterstock *Don’t overpay on property rates: check before deadline* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), through its Community Actio...

— February 2023 — 1817 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 — 1341 views

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 — 2613 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 — 1762 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 — 2983 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 — 1615 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 — 2822 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 — 2092 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 — 2851 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 — 4488 views

OUTA welcomes withdrawal of social security green paper

*OUTA welcomes withdrawal of social security green paper* OUTA is not surprised that Minster of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu has * withdrawn [1]...

— September 2021 — 1346 views

Opinion - Government’s unsustainable fuel related levies and taxes.

*Government’s unsustainable fuel related levies and taxes. * **This opinion piece was first featured in the Daily Maverick** * * * There is a posi...

— April 2021 — 4313 views

Fund SA vaccine plan by cutting waste

Fund SA vaccine plan by cutting waste* Raising funds for the Covid-19 vaccine is an opportunity for government to show South Africans that it is se...

— January 2021 — 4159 views

Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting

...

— November 2020 — 2104 views

President gives go ahead for SIU investigation into NLC corruption

...

— November 2020 — 2881 views

AG's Covid-19 report exposes government's general failures

*AG's Covid-19 report exposes government's general failures * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says the Auditor-General’s recent report on t...

— September 2020 — 2520 views

Asking Zandile Gumede to leave is not enough

*Asking Zandile Gumede to leave is not enough* The KZN ANC should have the courage to fire Zandile Gumede, not just ask her to stand aside, says the ...

— August 2020 — 4154 views

President Ramaphosa’s appeal to ANC leadership needs real action, not lip service

*President Ramaphosa’s appeal to ANC leadership needs real action, not lip service* OUTA is both impressed with and sceptical about President Cyril R...

— August 2020 — 3050 views

Real action, real fast

*Real action, real fast: OUTA applauds SIU* Corruption is best handled when swift action is taken to prevent the proceeds thereof being lost to the s...

— August 2020 — 2904 views