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Drinking water quality monitoring project

Status: October 2018: Clean and Healthy – The water quality is clean and free from viruses. Purpose: To ensure that all 700 000 Emfuleni residents hav...

Ivor Cleary
— December 2018 — 670 views --> EMFULENIWATER

What are you drinking?

In light of concerns raised on water quality, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has undertaken to test the water quality in the 31 drinking wa...

Ivor Cleary
— December 2018 — 620 views --> WATER

OUTA asks SAHRC to investigate Sedibeng Scheme

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has made another written submission to the South African Human Right Commission’s inquiry into the pollution...

Ivor Cleary
— December 2018 — 650 views --> EMFULENIMUNICIPALITYWATER

OUTA considers legal action to stop Govan Mbeki senior official increases

* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) issued a letter of demand to the Govan Mbeki Municipality to seize any increases of senior managements’ re...

Ivor Cleary
— November 2018 — 679 views --> GOVAN MBEKIMUNICIPALITY

OUTA sets its sights on Cape Town metro as it launches local government branch

* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) presented its OUTA Local strategy in Milnerton, Cape Town. ** Various leaders of Residents Associations, B...

Ivor Cleary
— November 2018 — 661 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITANMUNICIPALITY

Hold water dept leadership to account, says OUTA

* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the Standing Committee on Public Accounts inquiry into the Department of Water and Sanitation’s s...

Ivor Cleary
— November 2018 — 608 views --> WATER

Water portfolio inquiry submission

*Water portfolio inquiry submission* ** OUTA’s submission identifies problems in the department’s Bucket Eradication Programme and in both the governa...

— August 2018 — 398 views --> ENVIRONMENTGENERAL NEWSNEWSWATERWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

AARTO fix isn’t good enough

*AARTO fix isn’t good enough* ** OUTA believes that the proposed changes to the AARTO law are impractical, irrational and legally flawed. “If the AART...

— April 2018 — 381 views --> AARTOGENERAL NEWSTRANSPORT

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

AARTO is about money instead of road safety and will fail - OUTA

* *AARTO is about money instead of road safety and will fail - OUTA* * “The AARTO Bill will not have the desired effect of enhanced road safety and is...

— November 2017 — 368 views --> AARTONEWSTRANSPORT

OUTA contemplates traffic fine class action

* *OUTA contemplates traffic fine class action* * It is clear to OUTA that the traffic infringement authorities have not applied themselves in accorda...

— May 2017 — 396 views --> AARTOTRANSPORT

OUTA calls for traffic fines to be written off

* *OUTA calls for traffic fines to be written off* * “We also request with immediate effect, the licensing authorities do not force motorists to settl...

— March 2017 — 348 views --> AARTOTRANSPORT

OUTA lambastes parliamentary portfolio committee for misleading statement

* *OUTA lambastes parliamentary portfolio committee for misleading statement* * OUTA is astonished and incensed at the Acting Chairperson Mr Ramatlaka...

— January 2016 — 329 views --> AARTOETOLLSGENERAL NEWSNEWSOUTA

OUTA in awe of unprecedented public participation

* *OUTA in awe of unprecedented public participation* * This is arguably the largest amount of submissions ever received by government to proposed leg...

— January 2016 — 336 views --> AARTOETOLLSSANRALTRANSPORT

New AARTO regulations aimed to accomodate e-tolls

* *New AARTO regulations aimed to accomodate e-tolls* * The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) urges the public to participate, as the amendm...

— December 2015 — 352 views --> AARTOETOLLSSANRALTRANSPORT

Zuma's brazen behaviour sparks call for broader civil action

* *Zuma's brazen behaviour sparks call for broader civil action* * We cannot fail to notice the similarities between Minister Nene’s removal and the “...

— December 2015 — 329 views --> AARTOETOLLSJACOB ZUMASANRALSTATE CAPTURETRANSPORT

The e-toll scheme collapsed over 12 months ago

**The e-toll scheme collapsed over 12 months ago** In 2012, OUTA presented the Inter Ministerial Committee with numerous reasons why the scheme would ...

— October 2015 — 391 views --> AARTOETOLLSSANRALTRANSPORT

OUTA pleased with public response to e-toll Gazette

**OUTA pleased with public response to e-toll Gazette* * A volume of 18,732 submissions were made through OUTA’s ‘Gazette Comment’ portal in the 10 da...

— September 2015 — 331 views --> AARTOETOLLSSANRALTRANSPORT

PRASA maladministration: A chronic condition of state owned entities

**PRASA maladministration: A chronic condition of state owned entities* * John Clarke, spokesperson for the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA...

— August 2015 — 303 views --> PRASASANRALSTATE CAPTURETRANSPORT

E-tolls new ‘desperation’: SANRAL’s 6th attempt to launch it's defunct scheme

**E-tolls new ‘desperation’: SANRAL’s 6th attempt to launch it's defunct scheme* * Then on 25 February 2012, the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan a...

— July 2015 — 356 views --> AARTOETOLLSSANRALTRANSPORT

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