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Water Dept drops stained top official

*Water Dept drops stained top official* ** OUTA welcomes the removal of Sifiso Mkhize as the acting Director-General (DG) of the Department of Water a...

— June 2018 — 414 views --> GENERAL NEWSWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

Umgeni board goes to Las Vegas

*Umgeni board goes to Las Vegas* ** Five people from the Umgeni Water board are believed to be on a luxurious trip to Las Vegas, USA, to attend a conf...

— June 2018 — 426 views --> GENERAL NEWSWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

Ongoing Indignity: Bucket toilets keep Department in business

*Ongoing Indignity: Bucket toilets keep Department in business* ** The Department of Water and Sanitation’s Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP) is a wa...

— May 2018 — 431 views --> GENERAL NEWSWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

It's the death of e-tolls

*Premier Makhura agrees with OUTA: e-tolls have failed.* ** OUTA welcomes the acknowledgment by Gauteng Premier David Makhura in his None [1]*State of...

— February 2018 — 391 views --> ETOLLSGENERAL NEWSNEWS

Water Ministry should coordinate water relief not oppose it

* *Water Ministry should coordinate water relief not oppose it* * “Instead of fighting those who want to help, the DWS should embrace active citizenry...

— February 2018 — 383 views --> NEWSWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

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

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

SANRAL report indicates e-toll debt is hard to collect

* *SANRAL report indicates e-toll debt is hard to collect* * It also means that SANRAL is likely to require increased funding from an already over-str...

— November 2017 — 371 views --> ETOLLS

SANRAL sends confusing messages on failed e-toll scheme

* *SANRAL sends confusing messages on failed e-toll scheme* * None [1]*The Citizen* reports that Sanral acknowledges the e-toll scheme’s failure and i...

— September 2017 — 402 views --> ETOLLSSANRALTRANSPORT

E-toll update: Legal challenge is slowly progressing

* *E-toll update: Legal challenge is slowly progressing* * On one side, batches of text messages with debt collection warnings are repeatedly sent in ...

— September 2017 — 398 views --> ETOLLS

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

Hawks, Green Scorpions to probe REDISA

* *Hawks, Green Scorpions to probe REDISA* * “OUTA recently investigated REDISA and raised red flags regarding the dealings of the Directors in REDISA...

— June 2017 — 354 views --> WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

E-toll operator earns 74% of total e-toll income

* *E-toll operator earns 74% of total e-toll income** * * This is a clear indication of how irrational the scheme has become and what makes matters wo...

— June 2017 — 308 views --> ETOLLS

Water crisis in South Africa: El Nino or El Mokonyane?

* *Water crisis in South Africa: El Nino or El Mokonyane?* * South Africa is a water-scarce country with an average annual rainfall of less than 500mm...

— June 2017 — 359 views --> WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

OUTA commends DEA on action against REDISA

* *OUTA commends DEA on action against REDISA* * “We are excited to see the DEA taking action but concerned it took five years to acknowledge several ...

— June 2017 — 368 views --> WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

Abuse of water infrastructure funding delays equality

* *Abuse of water infrastructure funding delays equality* * “It is clear that tax money is abused in the capital projects space because billions of ra...

— May 2017 — 330 views --> WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

OUTA bars 55 SANRAL e-toll cases to value of R2 million

* *OUTA bars 55 SANRAL e-toll cases to value of R2 million* * In these cases brought against OUTA’s contributing supporters, SANRAL failed to follow l...

— May 2017 — 352 views --> ETOLLS

Gloves are off as OUTA files e-toll court papers

* *Gloves are off as OUTA files e-toll court papers* * Effectively, this becomes the “test case” which will highlight why OUTA believe the Gauteng e-t...

— May 2017 — 343 views --> ETOLLS

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