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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 — 2631 views

Corruption, chaos, fake licences, officials and opportunists ripping off the public: this is Gauteng’s driving licence system

Illustration: Flickr/GovernmentZA/OUTA *Corruption, chaos, fake licences, officials and opportunists ripping off the public: this is Gauteng’s driv...

— September 2022 — 2978 views

SIU must be ruthless with water board investigations

.*Graphic: OUTA *SIU must be ruthless with water board investigations* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) encourages the Special Investigating ...

— August 2022 — 1451 views

Civil society works together to guard against the abuse of political party funding

Picture: Shutterstock Civil society works together to guard against the abuse of political party funding * The final State Capture Commission report ...

— July 2022 — 1280 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 — 2658 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 — 4047 views

Digital migration deadline being used to ram through massive Sentech tender in just three days

*Digital migration deadline being used to ram through massive Sentech tender in just three days* * A week before the national deadline for migrati...

— March 2022 — 3461 views

Minister Mbalula clings to unconstitutional and irrational AARTO

*Minister Mbalula clings to unconstitutional and irrational AARTO* OUTA takes note of Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s intention to challenge th...

— January 2022 — 2259 views

We object: Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material

*We object: Advocate Mkhwebane and Judge Hlophe are not Chief Justice material* * * OUTA has submitted formal objections to the President’s Nominat...

— October 2021 — 2532 views

This is who really funds political parties: you, the taxpayer

*This is who really funds political parties: you, the taxpayer* * * OUTA exposes how taxpayers have paid R13.882 billion directly to political parti...

— October 2021 — 10535 views

Karpowerships: No permits, no clarity, no value, no thanks

*Karpowerships: No permits, no clarity, no value, no thanks* * OUTA has submitted a formal objection to the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) over...

— August 2021 — 4124 views

Condemn and arrest criminal protestors

*Condemn and arrest criminal protestors* * OUTA calls on the government to act swiftly and use whatever enforcement processes are available to con...

— July 2021 — 3274 views

Zuma's incarceration strengthens accountability

Zuma's incarceration strengthens accountability * OUTA notes the arrest of Jacob Zuma, who spent his first night in jail late last night. We are re...

— July 2021 — 2317 views

Concourt stands up against impunity

*Concourt stands up against impunity* OUTA welcomes the Constitutional Court judgment sending Jacob Zuma to jail for 15 months with no possibility ...

— June 2021 — 5526 views

Electoral Reform: it simply cannot be buried this time

*Electoral Reform: it simply cannot be buried this time* Today marks the first anniversary of the Constitutional Court judgment that declared secti...

— June 2021 — 2312 views

Defend Our Democracy

Defend Our Democracy* OUTA is one of the signatories to the Defend Our Democracy campaign. This is a broad grouping of organisations and individuals...

— March 2021 — 3290 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 — 18688 views

OUTA's 2020 Corruption Combating Calendar - Timeline

*OUTA's 2020 Corruption Combating Calendar* 2020 saw the wheels of justice gather good momentum in the fight against corruption. Below are so...

— December 2020 — 2770 views

Don’t let those big refunds buy the corrupt out of jail

*Don't let those big refunds buy the corrupt out of jail* Today we learned that global company ABB tried to buy its way out of trouble with a palt...

— December 2020 — 4264 views

McKinsey: Restitution includes information

McKinsey: Restitution includes information* Yesterday the State Capture Commission * announced [1] * that McKinsey undertook to pay back about R650...

— December 2020 — 3274 views