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OUTA: Decision to scrap e-tolls not final until enacted

*Decision to scrap e-tolls not final until enacted* OUTA notes the * Moneyweb article [1] * which states that Cabinet has made a decision to scrap e...

— November 2021 — 4812 views

Court orders SANRAL to give OUTA the N4 toll road operator’s contract and financial records

Court orders SANRAL to give OUTA the N4 toll road operator's contract and financial records* OUTA has won a high court order against SANRAL, which...

— November 2021 — 11205 views

High Court emphasises importance of transparency and orders Services SETA to hand over hidden information to OUTA

*High Court emphasises importance of transparency and orders Services SETA to hand over hidden information to OUTA* It took 34 months but the Organ...

— November 2021 — 3351 views

Could e-tolls be funding corruption?

*Could e-tolls be funding corruption?* Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula responded to questions in Parliament on Wednesday about the future of the...

— September 2021 — 9974 views

E-toll debt is no reason to hold onto a failed scheme

E-toll debt is no reason to hold onto a failed scheme * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) suggests that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana w...

— September 2021 — 2986 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 — 4203 views

OUTA goes to court to demand information on Services SETA contract

*OUTA goes to court to demand information on Services SETA contract* On 8 June, OUTA’s legal challenge to the Services Sector Education and Trainin...

— June 2021 — 2077 views

OUTA calls on City of Cape Town to be transparent with civil society

*OUTA calls on City of Cape Town to be transparent with civil society* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Ratepayers’ and Residents...

— June 2021 — 2846 views

Ekurhuleni ignores complaints about evaluation roll and rates errors

*Ekurhuleni ignores complaints about evaluation roll and rates errors* The cut-off date for Ekurhuleni residents to lodge formal objections to the...

— June 2021 — 11085 views

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 — 17530 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 — 2688 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 — 5967 views

OUTA takes SANRAL to court over national toll concessions

*OUTA takes SANRAL to court over national toll concessions* Court proceedings for a request for access to information (PAIA) by The Organisation Un...

— May 2021 — 4913 views

Opinion - Transparency tussle: Sanral secrecy indicates roads agency has something to hide

*Transparency tussle: Sanral secrecy indicates roads agency has something to hide* **This opinion piece was first featured in the Daily Maverick** *...

— May 2021 — 3250 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 — 2609 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 — 18704 views

One step closer to accountability

*One step closer to accountability* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Ratepayers' and Residents' Associations in Milnerton welcome ...

— January 2021 — 3407 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 — 3072 views

Who collects e-tolls from 3 December 2020?

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— December 2020 — 4965 views

Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting

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— November 2020 — 2130 views