*Good intentions but short of conviction and implementation.* ** SONA 2019 was filled with good intentions, but lackluster in terms of implementation....
*Poor committee chair choices could hamstring 6th Parliament - OUTA* ** The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is deeply concerned about the prospe...
*Scrapping e-tolls makes economic sense – OUTA* ** OUTA denounces claims by Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) that as many as 38 000 potential indirect...
*Government mismanagement contributes to fuel price increases*** Fuel and electricity prices go up this week and are strongly influenced by years of ...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse is concerned that government has introduced a new tax on fuel (referred to as a carbon tax) at 9 cents per litre on...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse welcomes the new National Director of Public Prosecutions on her first day in office. “Advocate Batohi has her work...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) today is submitting a dossier packed with practical suggestions to help the Ministers in the Economic Cluste...
* *Vusi Mona is absurdly out of touch with reality* * Mark Ridgeway, the COO of ETC, was recently quoted as saying (Business Report, 26th November 201...
* *A look at two years of e-toll failure* * OUTA’s research and position paper on the e-tolls scheme (Beyond the Impasse), provided an indication of w...
**E-toll debt should not be feared* * "The announcement by SANRAL that they will now try to pursue fleet based companies who have the highest outstand...
**Stoychev court outcome not an e-toll issue** Obviously, the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) will milk the situation, and their behavior...
**Government's anti-poor fuel levy suggestions is futile* * “If this is indeed so, then government clearly has no regard for the poor, as they have in...
**Do the maths Minister: R3.65/litre is absurd* * Firstly, it must be noted that this statement is being made during the feedback provided to the Gaut...
**E-toll payment and prosecution reprieve welcome* * “There is never a dull day in the e-toll fiasco,” says Wayne Duvenage, Chairman of OUTA. “As far ...
**E-toll reprieve proves the system is problematic* * “We believe that this announcement serves two purposes, one being another carrot to entice the p...
**OUTA requires funds for its “Rule of Law” campaign* * OUTA believes that for SANRAL to do so will only serve to aggravate the implicit conflict betw...
**OUTA requests SANRAL to clarify intent to prosecute* * “We cannot fight and talk at the same time. Society’s backlash and resistance comes as a resu...
**SANRAL’s fuel levy argument “beyond simplistic”* * Following SANRAL CEO Nazir Allis campaigning in Kwa-Zulu Natal last week Mr Mona turned up in Cap...
**Disrespect for human rights erodes SANRAL legitimacy* * In a comprehensive 10,000 word complaint lodged with the Office of the Public Protector on b...
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