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OUTA position paper details no revival for e-tolls

**OUTA position paper details no revival for e-tolls* * * * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has produced a position paper outlining reaso...

— August 2019 — 949 views --> ETC ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT

Gauteng SOPA: We've heard it all before

*Gauteng SOPA: We've heard it all before* ** Gauteng Premier Makhura has called for more than a dozen plans or reports to be produced in the next 100 ...

— July 2019 — 924 views --> CORRUPTION EMFULENI ETOLLS GAUTENG SANDF SANRAL SOPA TRANSPORT

Scrapping e-tolls makes economic sense – OUTA

*Scrapping e-tolls makes economic sense – OUTA* ** OUTA denounces claims by Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) that as many as 38 000 potential indirect...

— June 2019 — 1810 views --> ETC ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT

OUTA welcomes new NPA boss

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse welcomes the new National Director of Public Prosecutions on her first day in office. “Advocate Batohi has her work...

— February 2019 — 674 views --> NPA

Mpumalanga municipalities can't pay water bills but their bosses get backdated increases

OUTA is aware that parts of Govan Mbeki Local Municipality have been struggling to get water since 13 December 2018, due to the municipality’s failure...

— January 2019 — 768 views --> GOVAN MBEKI VICTOR KHANYE WATER

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 — 360 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN GENERAL NEWS WATER WATER AND ENVIRONMENT WESTERN CAPE

OUTA challenges Cape Town on illegal drought levy

* *OUTA challenges Cape Town on illegal drought levy* * On 20 December 2017, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) issued a letter of demand to Ci...

— December 2017 — 395 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN NEWS WATER AND ENVIRONMENT WESTERN CAPE

OUTA applauds appeal court judgement on Western Cape e-tolls

* *OUTA applauds appeal court judgement on Western Cape e-tolls* * Aside from a number of questionable actions by SANRAL on the Western Cape Winelands...

— September 2016 — 346 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT WESTERN CAPE

Vusi Mona is absurdly out of touch with reality

* *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...

— December 2015 — 313 views --> ETC ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT

A look at two years of e-toll failure

* *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...

— December 2015 — 320 views --> ETC ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT

E-toll debt should not be feared

**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...

— November 2015 — 311 views --> ETC ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT

Discrimination and inconsistencies in SANRAL’s road funding mechanisms arise

**Discrimination and inconsistencies in SANRAL’s road funding mechanisms arise* * While funding such important economic infrastructure with general ta...

— October 2015 — 363 views --> ETOLLS GAUTENG KWAZULU-NATAL SANRAL TRANSPORT WESTERN CAPE

OUTA applauds Western Cape toll road judgement

**SANRAL’s anti-development threats are outrageous* * "It was a ludicrous idea for SANRAL to accept an unsolicited bid to toll the Western Cape's free...

— September 2015 — 338 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT WESTERN CAPE

Stoychev court outcome not an e-toll issue

**Stoychev court outcome not an e-toll issue** Obviously, the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) will milk the situation, and their behavior...

— September 2015 — 304 views --> ETOLLS NPA SANRAL TRANSPORT

SANRAL’s Western Cape tolling plan is outrageous

**SANRAL’s Western Cape tolling plan is outrageous* * The ruling echoes the concerns expressed by other judgments against SANRAL over the past decade,...

— March 2015 — 316 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT WESTERN CAPE

OUTA concerned about allegations of SANRAL fraud on N2 Wild Coast toll road

**OUTA concerned about allegations of SANRAL fraud on N2 Wild Coast toll road* * Having studied copies of the various affidavits in the court record, ...

— March 2015 — 351 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT WESTERN CAPE

Response to Premier Makhura's SOPA: e-toll solution requires an impartial social audit of SANRAL

**Response to Premier Makhura's SOPA: e-toll solution requires an impartial social audit of SANRAL* * The chronic problems of SANRAL’s lack of account...

— February 2015 — 338 views --> ETOLLS SANRAL SOPA TRANSPORT

OUTA welcomes Western Cape judgement against SANRAL

**OUTA welcomes Western Cape judgement against SANRAL* * SANRAL’s attempt to prevent the City of Cape Town from filing papers in an open court is just...

— August 2014 — 320 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN COURT CASE ETOLLS SANRAL TRANSPORT WESTERN CAPE

E-toll payment and prosecution reprieve welcome

**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 ...

— July 2014 — 314 views --> ETOLLS GAUTENG NPA SANRAL TRANSPORT

E-toll reprieve proves the system is problematic

**E-toll reprieve proves the system is problematic* * “We believe that this announcement serves two purposes, one being another carrot to entice the p...

— July 2014 — 306 views --> ETOLLS GAUTENG NPA SANRAL TRANSPORT