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OUTA on announcement of e-tolls scrapping: no celebrations before official announcement

*OUTA on announcement of e-tolls scrapping: no celebrations before official announcement* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) reacted with ca...

— May 2021 — 17504 views

Department of Transport continues to fail the public on e-tolls and other matters

*Department of Transport continues to fail the public on e-tolls and other matters* The sudden cancellation of the National Council of Provinces (N...

— May 2021 — 2668 views

Joburg’s third attempt to load prepaid electricity bills with a monthly charge should fail

*Joburg’s third attempt to load prepaid electricity bills with a monthly charge should fail* The City of Johannesburg’s third attempt to add a fixe...

— May 2021 — 5917 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 — 4314 views

Government should stop giving false promises on e-toll solution

*Government should stop giving false promises on e-toll solution* “Government shouldn’t be surprised if we don’t believe them, when next they promi...

— April 2021 — 2599 views

Dear NERSA, public consultation takes more than a few days

Dear NERSA, public consultation takes more than a few days * OUTA has asked the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) to reconsider the extremely limit...

— March 2021 — 2308 views

E-toll contractors accused of corrupt payments

E-toll contractors accused of corrupt payments * The South African public has yet to see the e-toll impasse solution promised by Government for nea...

— March 2021 — 18661 views

Keeping the lights on: This is how you pay for state capture in 2021

*Keeping the lights on: This is how you pay for state capture in 2021* South African electricity consumers will again pay for years of state captur...

— January 2021 — 3827 views

SANRAL quietly rewrote the e-tolls contract

*SANRAL quietly rewrote the e-tolls contract* The e-toll collection contracts which SANRAL signed with Electronic Toll Collections (ETC) were rewr...

— December 2020 — 3034 views

Who collects e-tolls from 3 December 2020?

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— December 2020 — 4947 views

Minister Mantashe wants to build nuclear power stations

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— November 2020 — 2719 views

Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu's death a big loss for South Africa

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— November 2020 — 2405 views

AARTO’s e-toll fines show system is unworkable

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— October 2020 — 8326 views

Sanral raises more confusion than clarity on e-tolls

*Sanral raises more confusion than clarity on e-tolls* The cabinet’s failure to make a decision on the funding of the Gauteng freeways is affecting ...

— September 2020 — 4688 views

No to CEF request for portion of fuel levy

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— May 2020 — 3904 views

No to any increase in municipal electricity prices, says OUTA

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— April 2020 — 3008 views

Taxes and levies make up almost 70% of fuel price

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— April 2020 — 5778 views

Government misleads public on e-toll decision, yet again

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— March 2020 — 8693 views

Government's deafening e-toll silence

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— February 2020 — 4327 views

A new e-toll contract risks wasteful spend

**A new e-toll contract risks wasteful spend* * SANRAL has received bids of up to R11.4 billion to run a new e-toll collection contract it advertised ...

— November 2019 — 5711 views

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