* *OUTA to fight for rational energy plan* * The latter has been six years in the making and four years late, and comes at a time when profound questi...
* *OUTA both concerned and cautious about new SAA board** * * We hope and trust the new board will go a long way in rectifying the extremely poor perf...
* *OUTA seeks enquiry into Eskom's audit and financial controls* * Following the exposé by Carte Blanche on 21 August 2016 of gross irregularities, ov...
* *Hlaudi’s dilemmas are far from over* * “Not only is it an important victory for press freedom, but proof that our constitution and human rights are...
* *OUTA demands SAA’s board halt BnP transaction and payment or face legal challenge** * * Should the South African Airways (SAA) proceed with the agr...
* *OUTA calls for Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s removal and full investigation of the SABC* * “While we welcome the ANC’s eventual call for an investigation int...
* *Black Friday SABC protest necessary** * * “The SABC is behaving today, just as the apartheid Government did for decades, by censoring the broadcast...
* *SABC actions inviting public backlash* * “Having had ten CEO’s over the past seven years and many board resignations, dismissals and suspensions, c...
* *Concern over Eskom’s excessive profit motive* * Cost reflective pricing allows an entity to justify price increases based on the costs incurred by ...
* *Gordhan goes after soft targets - not serious on corruption* * The speech was motivating in many respects but devoid of tackling the scourge of cor...
* *OUTA lambastes parliamentary portfolio committee for misleading statement* * The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) will be lodging a form...
* *Our new journey addressing tax abuse* * During our work on the e-toll challenge over the past few years, we have often been asked by the public and...
* *OUTA in awe of unprecedented public participation* * This is arguably the largest amount of submissions ever received by government to proposed leg...
* *New AARTO regulations aimed to accomodate e-tolls* * The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) urges the public to participate, as the amendm...
* *Zuma's brazen behaviour sparks call for broader civil action* * We cannot fail to notice the similarities between Minister Nene’s removal and the “...
**Discrimination and inconsistencies in SANRAL’s road funding mechanisms arise* * While funding such important economic infrastructure with general ta...
**SANRAL's request for parliament to sanction withholding of licenses has serious ramifications for government* * From OUTA’s analysis of SANRAL’s rec...
**The e-toll scheme collapsed over 12 months ago** In 2012, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) presented the Inter Ministerial Committee ...
**OUTA pleased with public response to e-toll Gazette* * A volume of 18,732 submissions were made through OUTA’s ‘Gazette Comment’ portal in the 10 da...
**E-tolls new ‘desperation’: SANRAL’s 6th attempt to launch it's defunct scheme* * Then on 25 February 2012, the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan a...
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