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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 — 364 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN GENERAL NEWS WATER WATER AND ENVIRONMENT WESTERN 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 — 357 views --> ENERGY ESKOM GENERAL 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 — 345 views --> ENERGY ESKOM GENERAL NEWS STATE CAPTURE

Eskom Parliament hearings confirm Zuma’s capture agenda

* *Eskom Parliament hearings confirm Zuma’s capture agenda* * The substantive input provided by people in senior positions within Eskom has once again...

— November 2017 — 334 views --> ESKOM STATE CAPTURE

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 — 383 views --> ENERGY ESKOM NERSA

SANRAL report indicates e-toll debt is hard to collect

* *SANRAL report indicates e-toll debt is hard to collect* * It also means that SANRAL is likely to require increased funding from an already over-str...

— November 2017 — 371 views --> ETOLLS

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 — 363 views --> ENERGY ESKOM NERSA

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 — 410 views --> ENERGY ESKOM

OUTA wants to see SANRAL's annual report

* *OUTA wants to see SANRAL's annual report* * It's not the only entity to have missed this deadline. “State-owned entities are crucial bodies providi...

— October 2017 — 430 views --> NEWS SANRAL

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 — 350 views --> ENERGY ESKOM

SANRAL sends confusing messages on failed e-toll scheme

* *SANRAL sends confusing messages on failed e-toll scheme* * None [1]*The Citizen* reports that Sanral acknowledges the e-toll scheme’s failure and i...

— September 2017 — 401 views --> ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT

E-toll update: Legal challenge is slowly progressing

* *E-toll update: Legal challenge is slowly progressing* * On one side, batches of text messages with debt collection warnings are repeatedly sent in ...

— September 2017 — 398 views --> ETOLLS

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 — 323 views --> ENERGY ESKOM

Parliamentary committee discusses state capture of Eskom

* *Parliamentary committee discusses state capture of Eskom* * “Parliament is listening to the people,” says Ben Theron, OUTA Chief Operating Officer....

— July 2017 — 329 views --> ESKOM STATE CAPTURE

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 — 340 views --> ENERGY ESKOM

E-toll operator earns 74% of total e-toll income

* *E-toll operator earns 74% of total e-toll income** * * This is a clear indication of how irrational the scheme has become and what makes matters wo...

— June 2017 — 308 views --> ETOLLS

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 — 347 views --> ENERGY ESKOM

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 — 341 views --> ENERGY ESKOM

OUTA bars 55 SANRAL e-toll cases to value of R2 million

* *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...

— May 2017 — 352 views --> ETOLLS

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 — 314 views --> ENERGY ESKOM