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NERSA allowed R85bn a year in Eskom runaway costs

*NERSA allowed R85bn a year in Eskom runaway costs* ** OUTA’s assessment of NERSA’s detailed reasons for decision on curbing Eskom’s 2018 tariff hike ...

— March 2018 — 399 views --> ENERGYESKOMGENERAL NEWS

Set an example to public sector CFOs by prosecuting Anoj Singh

*Set an example to public sector CFOs by prosecuting Anoj Singh* ** The failure to hold the corrupt to account is resulting in the collapse of crucial...

— February 2018 — 318 views --> ENERGYESKOM

Eskom starts slow, grueling turnaround

* *Eskom starts slow, grueling turnaround* * “Eskom’s interim financial results were, as expected, not encouraging, given the fact that auditors expre...

— January 2018 — 327 views --> ENERGYESKOM

Anoj Singh should lose accounting licence and go to jail

* *Anoj Singh should lose accounting licence and go to jail* * “Anoj Singh is a wrecking ball. This man should never practice as an accountant again,”...

— January 2018 — 351 views --> ENERGYESKOMGENERAL NEWS

New Board gives hope for Eskom turnaround

* *New Board gives hope for Eskom turnaround* * “We welcome the change in leadership and especially the inclusion of experienced business, finance and...

— January 2018 — 337 views --> ENERGYESKOM

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

Stop the appointment of another problem leader at SABC

* *Stop the appointment of another problem leader at SABC* * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) applauds Rachel Kalidass for her principled Non...

— November 2017 — 387 views --> SABC

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

Motsoeneng and Tebele must pay SABC 8 costs, not just SABC

* *Motsoeneng and Tebele must pay SABC 8 costs, not just SABC* * “OUTA welcomes this decision. However, the embattled public broadcaster should not ha...

— November 2017 — 408 views --> SABC

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

Stop political meddling in SABC board appointments

* *Stop political meddling in SABC board appointments* * “We’re concerned that President Zuma is deliberately delaying the appointment of the new boar...

— October 2017 — 358 views --> SABC

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: Yes for SABC 12

* *OUTA: Yes for SABC 12* * "We’re cautiously optimistic about the new SABC Board appointments,” says Dominique Msibi, OUTA’s Portfolio Director for S...

— September 2017 — 366 views --> SABC

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

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