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OUTA welcomes DA reversal on Cape Town drought levy

* *OUTA welcomes DA reversal on Cape Town drought levy* * OUTA is on record as raising concern about the legality of the proposed drought levy. The Ci...

— January 2018 — 354 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITANGENERAL NEWSWATERWATER AND ENVIRONMENTWESTERN CAPE

5.23% Eskom increase a bittersweet victory to South Africans

* *5.23% Eskom increase a bittersweet victory to South Africans* * This means the average price stays under R1/kWh. “This is a bittersweet victory for...

— December 2017 — 349 views --> ENERGYESKOMGENERAL NEWS

Insufficient change in new Eskom board

* *Insufficient change in new Eskom board* * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) commends the two new appointments but is concerned about the re...

— December 2017 — 334 views --> ENERGYESKOMGENERAL NEWSSTATE CAPTURE

Minister's Energy Indaba is not consultation

* *Minister's Energy Indaba is not consultation* * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) strongly opposes the way this Indaba has been arranged an...

— December 2017 — 331 views --> ENERGY

OUTA asks Minister Mahlobo to explain secretive Energy Indaba

* *OUTA asks Minister Mahlobo to explain secretive Energy Indaba* * “According to the Ministry, it would appear the planned Energy Indaba constitutes ...

— November 2017 — 311 views --> ENERGY

OUTA demands 0% electricity tariff increase at NERSA public hearings

* *OUTA demands 0% electricity tariff increase at NERSA public hearings* * “In our request for NERSA not to grant approval for any electricity tariff ...

— November 2017 — 368 views --> ENERGYESKOMNERSA

Save our economy and give Eskom 0%, OUTA tells NERSA

* *Save our economy and give Eskom 0%, OUTA tells NERSA* * “Eskom as it currently operates, cannot survive financially in any plausible future scenari...

— October 2017 — 351 views --> ENERGYESKOMNERSA

OUTA finds NERSA approved secrecy on Eskom coal costs

* *OUTA finds NERSA approved secrecy on Eskom coal costs* * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has discovered that NERSA agreed to let Eskom ke...

— October 2017 — 394 views --> ENERGYESKOM

OUTA: Eskom application for 20% increase undermines NERSA transparency decision

* *OUTA: Eskom application for 20% increase undermines NERSA transparency decision* * Ted Blom, OUTA’s Portfolio Director for Energy, says Eskom’s ele...

— September 2017 — 338 views --> ENERGYESKOM

OUTA commends NERSA stance against Eskom secrecy

* *OUTA commends NERSA stance against Eskom secrecy* * Eskom had applied to NERSA for permission to keep certain costs information secret, largely on ...

— August 2017 — 335 views --> ENERGYNEWS

OUTA wants credible investigation into Eskom's CFO

* *OUTA wants credible investigation into Eskom's CFO* * “Hopefully we’re turning the corner,” says Ted Blom, OUTA’s Portfolio Director on Energy. But...

— July 2017 — 311 views --> ENERGYESKOM

Lesotho Water: OUTA holds Minister to account on Gauteng's water future

* *Lesotho Water: OUTA holds Minister to account on Gauteng's water future* * The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, has jeopardised...

— July 2017 — 343 views --> LHWPWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

Eskom results: Very captured and full of holes

* *Eskom results: Very captured and full of holes* * “Not only have the results been prepared and signed off by the Gupta-appointed and captured CFO, ...

— July 2017 — 333 views --> ENERGY

Letter to Nomvula Mokonyane regarding LHWP

* *Letter to Nomvula Mokonyane regarding LHWP* * Read OUTA's letter to The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Ms. Nomvula Mokonyane, regarding  WATER S...

— July 2017 — 315 views --> LHWPNEWS

Status of the Lesotho Highlands Projects

* *Status of the Lesotho Highlands Projects* * The purpose of this document is to provide the supporters of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA),...

— July 2017 — 328 views --> LHWPNEWS

Join OUTA on Friday to oppose Eskom's secrecy application

* *Join OUTA on Friday to oppose Eskom's secrecy application* * “NERSA is holding a public hearing on Eskom’s secrecy application on Friday and we urg...

— July 2017 — 333 views --> ENERGYESKOM

Ben Ngubane faces criminal charges

* *Ben Ngubane faces criminal charges* * OUTA has investigated Ngubane on a variety of matters arising from his tenure on the boards of  Eskom and the...

— June 2017 — 383 views --> ENERGY

Bigger challenges ahead for civil society to fight electricity price hikes

* *Bigger challenges ahead for civil society to fight electricity price hikes* * While OUTA agrees somewhat to the court ruling that it is NERSA’s rol...

— June 2017 — 339 views --> ENERGYESKOM

No, no, no and no to tariff hikes - 24 times

* *No, no, no and no to tariff hikes - 24 times* * All the municipalities’ requests for higher-than-standard electricity price increases should be ref...

— May 2017 — 328 views --> ENERGYESKOM

Molefe's reappointment at Eskom is a farce and will be challenged

* *Molefe's reappointment at Eskom is a farce and will be challenged* * As far as we understand, Mr Molefe had resigned as the CEO for the sake of goo...

— May 2017 — 306 views --> ENERGYESKOM

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