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...
“During the course of last year, OUTA had raised issues pertaining to poor governance, fruitless and wasteful expenditure as well as corruption in Mag...
*Services SETA corruption hits jobless youth* ** *When SETAs waste money, learners lose out on jobs and training, and companies which pay Skills Devel...
*OUTA asks Public Protector for action against Bathabile Dlamini* ** OUTA believes that the contracts are irregular, were not budgeted for and were de...
*OUTA warns SASSA* ** OUTA’s ongoing research and analysis of Eskom’s operational and capital expenditure costs has revealed that Eskom has overspent ...
* *Stop milking state coffers at expense of most vulnerable* * “The Minister and SASSA are refusing to prepare for the exit of Cash Paymaster Services...
* *Show us the SASSA deal* * “We are eagerly waiting to see the details, to ensure that all bases are covered and that the plan is feasible at a reaso...
* *Cancel these irregular SASSA contracts, says OUTA* * OUTA was provided with information on the deals by whistleblowers and has now sent a report on...
* *Magwaza is another ethical official forced out* * “We read into this development that he was pushed out after his work environment was made unbeara...
* *OUTA encourages public protest on 7 April* * OUTA is supporting protests in collaboration with other prominent civic organisations. Marches and pro...
* *OUTA expresses outrage and seeks legal action on cabinet reshuffle* * This action lacks democratic rationale and is not done with the best interest...
* *OUTA calls on the President to explain himself* * The importance of planned investor roadshows by the Minister of Finance and his team have a direc...
* *Hlaudi’s dilemmas are far from over* * “Not only is it an important victory for press freedom, but proof that our constitution and human rights are...
* *OUTA calls for Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s removal and full investigation of the SABC* * “While we welcome the ANC’s eventual call for an investigation int...
* *Black Friday SABC protest necessary** * * “The SABC is behaving today, just as the apartheid Government did for decades, by censoring the broadcast...
* *SABC actions inviting public backlash* * “Having had ten CEO’s over the past seven years and many board resignations, dismissals and suspensions, c...
* *Zuma's apology is an insult to the South African people* * “A simple apology is all we received from the head of state, along with a feeble excuse ...
* *Zuma's brazen behaviour sparks call for broader civil action* * We cannot fail to notice the similarities between Minister Nene’s removal and the “...
**E-toll survey shows 71% remain un-tagged* * Seventy one percent of our second statistically sound sample size of 2700 vehicles, counted during peak ...
**Zuma’s speak needs to be actioned on e-tolls* * During this same speech, the President talks of authorities being ‘ accountable to their communities...
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