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Budget 2024: Fire-fighting by a desperate government in the face of an election

* l * *Budget 2024: Fire-fighting by a desperate government in the face of an election* The cabinet’s decision to raid R150 billion of surplus “pap...

— February 2024 — 1614 views

MTBPS 2023: Gloom ahead as government treads water ahead of an election

.* *MTBPS 2023: Gloom ahead as government treads water ahead of an election* Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana painted a gloomy outlook of the cou...

— November 2023 — 1570 views

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 — 1670 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 — 1928 views

A Budget to fix the evils of poor governance: When will this change?

.*Image: Flickr/GovZA/OUTA *A Budget to fix the evils of poor governance: When will this change?* After years of promises, * Budget 2023 [1] * has f...

— February 2023 — 1095 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 — 1460 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 — 1828 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 — 3077 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 — 1673 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 — 2891 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 — 2181 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 — 2964 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 — 4648 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 — 4437 views

Budget 2021: cautious silence between a rock and a hard place

*Budget 2021: Cautious silence between a rock and a hard place* * National Treasury found itself cornered by a triple threat. Taxpayers are fed up...

— February 2021 — 2345 views

Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting

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— November 2020 — 2185 views

No to CEF request for portion of fuel levy

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— May 2020 — 3978 views

No to any increase in municipal electricity prices, says OUTA

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— April 2020 — 3096 views

Taxes and levies make up almost 70% of fuel price

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— April 2020 — 5926 views

Will Budget 2020 save us from a downgrade?

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— February 2020 — 3204 views

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