* *E-toll update: Legal challenge is slowly progressing* * On one side, batches of text messages with debt collection warnings are repeatedly sent in ...
* *Parliamentary committee discusses state capture of Eskom* * “Parliament is listening to the people,” says Ben Theron, OUTA Chief Operating Officer....
* *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...
* *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...
* *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...
* *No, no, no and no to tariff hikes - 24 times* * All the municipalities’ requests for higher-than-standard electricity price increases should be ref...
* *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...
* *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...
* *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 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...
* *OUTA trips Eskom’s predatory tariff hike* * Eskom had argued for the new higher tariff in order to encourage consumers to reduce consumption on day...
* *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...
* *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...
* *OUTA aims to unbundle Eskom * * The complaint is based on Eskom’s abuse of its dominant position in the electricity market and its exclusionary a...
* *Dentons Report incomplete, full judicial commission needed * * “South Africans deserve to know what caused the near collapse of the power entity ...
* *OUTA commends NERSA's 2.2% cap on Eskom tariff and urges more action* * “We are appalled that Eskom has cited current ‘hardships’ as the reason for...
* *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...
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