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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 — 950 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

Government mismanagement contributes to fuel price increases

*Government mismanagement contributes to fuel price increases*** Fuel and electricity prices go up this week and are strongly influenced by years of ...

— April 2019 — 859 views --> FUEL LEVY Fuel Price

OUTA welcomes special tribunal for SIU

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the establishment of a special tribunal to fast track cases which have been stalled in the Special ...

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— February 2019 — 897 views --> SIU STATE CAPTURE

A new fuel tax without clarity is unacceptable

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse is concerned that government has introduced a new tax on fuel (referred to as a carbon tax) at 9 cents per litre on...

— February 2019 — 645 views --> FUEL LEVY TRANSPORT

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 — 769 views --> GOVAN MBEKI VICTOR KHANYE WATER

OUTA welcomes SIU investigation into Umgeni Water

“During the course of last year, OUTA had raised issues pertaining to poor governance, fruitless and wasteful expenditure as well as corruption in Mag...

— January 2019 — 733 views --> SUI WATER

West Rand emergency services strike may lead to disaster

*West Rand emergency services strike may lead to disaster* ** The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is concerned about the safety of communities o...

— November 2018 — 429 views --> GAUTENG LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Emfuleni is a human rights disaster

*Emfuleni is a human rights disaster* ** The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to orde...

— September 2018 — 438 views --> EMFULENI GAUTENG WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

CoGTA's municipal repairs lack sustainable solutions

*CoGTA's municipal repairs lack sustainable solutions* ** “The local communities, including ratepayers’ associations and local businesses, have been c...

— August 2018 — 407 views --> BAKWENA EMFULENI GAUTENG GENERAL NEWS GERT SIBANDE DISTRICT GOVAN MBEKI LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS OUTA

OUTA firmly believes that scrapping e-tolls will immediately bring welcome relief

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) today is submitting a dossier packed with practical suggestions to help the Ministers in the Economic Cluste...

— July 2018 — 688 views --> ETOLLS FUEL LEVY Fuel Price

Gauteng Premiers intervention in Emfuleni smacks of planned political manipulation

*Gauteng Premiers intervention in Emfuleni smacks of planned political manipulation* ** The Constitution is clear that national, provincial and munici...

— June 2018 — 399 views --> EMFULENI GAUTENG LOCAL SEDIBENG DISTRICT

OUTA Local welcomes change at Emfuleni Municipality

*OUTA Local welcomes change at Emfuleni Municipality * ** The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the immediate resignation of Emfuleni ...

— June 2018 — 405 views --> EMFULENI GAUTENG LOCAL SEDIBENG DISTRICT

Emfuleni residents need service delivery not politics

*Emfuleni residents need service delivery not politics* ** “The Provincial Executive has failed to enforce its mandate of oversight by holding ELM to ...

— March 2018 — 418 views --> EMFULENI GAUTENG LOCAL SEDIBENG DISTRICT

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 — 321 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

Gauteng province wastes money on e-tolls

**Gauteng province wastes money on e-tolls* * “As valuable as the R123 Million would have been for other critical priorities in the province, it’s is ...

— November 2015 — 342 views --> ETOLLS GAUTENG SANRAL TRANSPORT

More unacceptable transgressions by SANRAL

**More unacceptable transgressions by SANRAL* * In a parliamentary question put by Anton Alberts of the Freedom Front Plus, the Minister of Transport ...

— November 2015 — 324 views --> ETOLLS GAUTENG SANRAL TRANSPORT