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Aurora directors face charges in court

*Aurora directors face charges in court * ** The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is pleased to see that after seven years of investigations and ...

— May 2019 — 844 views --> AURORAENVIRONMENTWATERWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

NPA prosecution of Aurora directors starts

*NPA prosecution of Aurora directors starts* ** The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecution of the directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems st...

— May 2019 — 2199 views --> AURORACOURT CASEENVIRONMENTWATER

Vaal money trickles to SANDF

*Vaal money trickles to SANDF* * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the renewed promises of funding for the Vaal River intervention an...

— April 2019 — 1745 views --> EMFULENISANDFVAAL WATER

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 — 855 views --> FUEL LEVYFuel Price

SANRAL's GFIP funding solution is possible outside of e-tolls

Following Transport Minister Blade Nzimande’s recent statement on funding challenges for GFIP and the allocation of state funds to counter losses on...

— March 2019 — 1421 views --> ETOLLSGFIPSANRALTRANSPORT

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 — 637 views --> FUEL LEVYTRANSPORT

SONA 2019 is more credible but ambitious

OUTA welcomes President Ramaphosa’s SoNA as a more credible, believable and nation-building speech than we have been used to hearing over the last dec...

— February 2019 — 622 views --> SONA

SONA 2019 jobs promise requires fixing SETAs

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) believes that if Government is serious about creating jobs for our youth, it needs to address the corruption...

— February 2019 — 772 views --> SONA

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 — 765 views --> GOVAN MBEKIVICTOR KHANYEWATER

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 — 727 views --> SUIWATER

Unblock funds for Emfuleni’s sewerage disaster

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Cabinet to ensure that full funding is made available for the SAN...

— January 2019 — 753 views --> EMFULENIWATER

We need an independent water regulator, says OUTA and Water Shortage SA

The Department of Water and Sanitation’s failure to effectively regulate South Africa’s water sector requires serious and effective intervention, and ...

— January 2019 — 976 views --> WATERWSSA

OUTA and WSSA campaign for an independent water regulator

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and Water Shortage South Africa are delighted to announce our collaboration to champion calls for an Indepen...

Ivor Cleary
— December 2018 — 648 views --> WATER

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 — 664 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 — 614 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 — 645 views --> EMFULENIMUNICIPALITYWATER

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 — 602 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 — 392 views --> ENVIRONMENTGENERAL NEWSNEWSWATERWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

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 — 685 views --> ETOLLSFUEL LEVYFuel Price

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 — 357 views --> CAPE TOWN METROPOLITANGENERAL NEWSWATERWATER AND ENVIRONMENTWESTERN CAPE

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