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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 — 1826 views

Joburg property owners, watch out for property rates increase!

*Joburg property owners, watch out for property rates increase!* * The City of Johannesburg is updating the general valuation roll of property for...

— February 2023 — 3826 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 — 1350 views

Joburg property valuation public participation process starts in February 2023

.*Image: Shutterstock *Joburg property valuation public participation process starts in February 2023* * * OUTA recently raised concerns with the City...

— November 2022 — 1675 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 — 2627 views

Transnet arrests 7 years after the crime: Better late than never

.*Graphic: OUTA *Transnet arrests 7 years after the crime: better late than never* Seven years after Trillian boss and Regiment’s shareholder Eric Woo...

— August 2022 — 4463 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 — 1447 views

Municipalities need competence and accountability, not a skills swap

Picture: Shutterstock *Municipalities need competence and accountability, not a skills swap* Stop pandering to incompetent deployed cadres in munic...

— July 2022 — 2644 views

Active citizens are needed to help stop the financial rot in municipalities

*Active citizens are needed to help stop the financial rot in municipalities* The Auditor-General’s report on local government audit outcomes for 2...

— June 2022 — 1736 views

Citizen science: Building people’s power from below to protect our water

Citizen science: Building people's power from below to protect our water * This piece by *Dr Ferrial Adam* was originally published in the Daily Ma...

— June 2022 — 1589 views

OUTA welcomes Gupta arrests – now for successful extradition

*OUTA welcomes Gupta arrests – now for successful extradition* OUTA welcomes the news that Atul and Rajesh Gupta, the two brothers charged in the Nu...

— June 2022 — 5259 views

Orange overalls loom for former Transnet officials and Gupta associates

O* *range overalls loom for former Transnet officials and Gupta associates* OUTA is very pleased to hear about the * arrest [1] *of six former Tran...

— May 2022 — 4205 views

Municipalities risk lives with sub-standard water

Municipalities risk lives with sub-standard water * The Blue Drop report is a red flag for the dire state of most of our water systems and the effe...

— April 2022 — 1855 views

It’s your job to act against Cape Town, OUTA tells Western Cape Green Scorpions

*It’s your job to act against Cape Town, OUTA tells Western Cape Green Scorpions* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has written to the over...

— April 2022 — 2195 views

Cape Town water quality data should be publicly and easily available

Cape * *Town water quality data should be publicly and easily available* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Ratepayers’ and Resident...

— November 2021 — 3587 views

Central state capture suspect arrested and appears in court

Central state capture suspect arrested and appears in court* *Here’s a reminder of how Kuben Moodley fits into the state capture network* Kubenther...

— September 2021 — 8578 views

Independent Water Regulator promised for 2022/23

*Independent Water Regulator promised for 2022/23* The government has included an independent water regulator in the draft National Infrastructure ...

— August 2021 — 4445 views

Enough is enough on Milnerton pollution

Enough is enough on Milnerton pollution* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Associations in Milnerton wan...

— July 2021 — 2901 views

Show us the receipts!

* Show us the receipts! * * * The recent tragic days of violence in South Africa are, in large part, a legacy of state capture. The Civil Society Wo...

— July 2021 — 3700 views

Absence of consequence management and competence produces municipal decay

*Absence of consequence management and competence produces municipal decay* The decline of municipalities across the country will not stop until muni...

— July 2021 — 4185 views