* *Water crisis in South Africa: El Nino or El Mokonyane?* * South Africa is a water-scarce country with an average annual rainfall of less than 500mm...
* *OUTA commends DEA on action against REDISA* * “We are excited to see the DEA taking action but concerned it took five years to acknowledge several ...
* *Abuse of water infrastructure funding delays equality* * “It is clear that tax money is abused in the capital projects space because billions of ra...
* *OUTA bars 55 SANRAL e-toll cases to value of R2 million* * In these cases brought against OUTA’s contributing supporters, SANRAL failed to follow l...
* *Gloves are off as OUTA files e-toll court papers* * Effectively, this becomes the “test case” which will highlight why OUTA believe the Gauteng e-t...
* *OUTA investigates abuse of water and sanitation grants** * * “Water scarcity and irresponsible management of our water resources pose a major risk ...
* *OUTA calls off test case with SANRAL to advance public's fight to end e-tolls* * “We are tired of the delays which appear to have arisen through th...
* *SANRAL’s e-toll default judgment is misleading and dangerous* * From the outset, it is important to note the matter which SANRAL is crowing about i...
* *Sewage pollution floods World Water Day* * An investigation has revealed that 71% of waste water treatment facilities are non-compliant and dischar...
* *Human Rights Commission must investigate drinking water crisis* * The complaint followed after OUTA became aware of the department’s continual fail...
* *SANRAL’s Default Judgement is deceptive and not a precedent* * This default judgment against a company in liquidation does not delve into the merit...
* *Sincere action absent by Makhura over failed e-tolls* * More revealing was the Premier’s statement “We can’t build roads and only later inform citi...
* *SANRAL’s decision on e-toll criminal charges whilst OUTA test case unfolds is wrong* * In addition, SANRAL plans to obtain default judgments agains...
* *Gauteng freeways inflated by R9,6bn: Ministers urged to investigate* * At the time, OUTA also conducted a high level costing exercise of the GFIP p...
* *We need transparency in water regulation* * OUTA’s strategy to hold governing authorities to account on pertinent public interest matters will now ...
* *Three years of e-toll failure* * The graph gives a timeline of SANRAL’s e-toll revenue levels. In April 2012, SANRAL argued in court that they woul...
* *SANRAL misleads SCOPA on their true financial situation* * SANRAL responded that the law (PFMA) does not simply allow them to write off such debt a...
* *SANRAL outsourcing internal audit unacceptable* * "We find it highly irregular and unprofessional of a state owned entity to outsource what ought t...
* *OUTA commends SCOPA for hard reaction to SANRAL* * OUTA has repeatedly expressed concern and disgust at SANRAL’s lack of financial management disci...
* *SANRAL issues more e-toll summonses* * *We did visit the courts and can confirm this SMS is a legitimate notification of a summons to be delivered ...
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