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Proposed Drought Levy flawed due to cooperative governance glitches – OUTA

* *Proposed Drought Levy flawed due to cooperative governance glitches – OUTA* * “There appears to be a strong undercurrent of political point-scoring...

— January 2018 — 376 views --> GENERAL NEWSNEWSWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

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 METROPOLITANGENERAL NEWSWATERWATER AND ENVIRONMENTWESTERN 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 — 398 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITANNEWSWATER 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 — 357 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 — 345 views --> ENERGYESKOMGENERAL NEWSSTATE CAPTURE

Municipal water bills need Gauteng intervention

* *Municipal water bills need Gauteng intervention* * “South Africa’s Constitution provides for circumstances when municipalities are caught up in per...

— November 2017 — 370 views --> GENERAL NEWSWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

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 --> ESKOMSTATE CAPTURE

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 — 406 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 — 383 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 — 428 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 — 363 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 — 411 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 — 367 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 — 350 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 — 379 views --> SABC

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 — 324 views --> ENERGYESKOM

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 — 330 views --> ESKOMSTATE CAPTURE

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 — 357 views --> LHWPWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

Aguma won't escape accountability

* *Aguma won't escape accountability* * OUTA laid criminal charges against Aguma in December 2016 due to the abuse he perpetrated at the SABC. The cas...

— July 2017 — 351 views --> SABC

Not another cent for Hlaudi, says OUTA

* *Not another cent for Hlaudi, says OUTA* * OUTA is concerned that former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng will, now that he has been dismissed, attempt to...

— July 2017 — 362 views --> NEWSSABC

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