organisation undoing tax abuse (outa)

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Driving licence card mess

    Driving licence card mess The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) warned that South Africa’s dysfunctional driver’s licence card issuing system is a mess. Over the last few years, problems with getting a new driver’s licence card have regularly made headlines due to broken machines and long...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    How to dispute dubious traffic fines

    How to dispute dubious traffic fines South African motorists should remain calm and avoid verbal altercations with traffic officials when accused of violating road laws and being issued with fines this festive season, a prominent civil advocacy organisation has advised. December and early...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's new driving licence card delays

    South Africa's new driving licence card delays South Africa's tender process for producing new driving licence cards has been plagued by constant delays, with many pointing to an irregular bidding process as the cause. The need for a revamped driving licence card system became evident in 2020...
  4. Jan

    Karpowership willing to reduce 20-year South African contract to five

    Karpowership ready to cut South African contract from 20 years to five Turkish power ship company Karpowership is willing to reduce the period on a contract for providing emergency power to South Africa with its floating gas-powered plants from 20 to five years. That is according to feedback...
  5. Jan

    Cape Town might take over traffic fines from Aarto, but you'll still get demerit points

    Municipalities could avoid losing millions in speeding fines to Aarto — but you will still get demerit points Municipalities should still be able to collect fines for some traffic violations once the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act comes into effect. However...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big questions raised over areas without load-shedding

    Big questions raised over areas without load-shedding Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage and energy expert Chris Yelland have expressed concerns over how certain areas in South Africa are possibly being exempted from load-shedding without the appropriate regulatory approval...
  7. Jan

    Outa warns Karpowerships could cost South Africa R500 billion

    Karpowerships will cost South Africa half-a-trillion rand Using power ships to alleviate load-shedding could cost South Africa R500 billion, according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa). After several legal and environmental regulatory setbacks, the government's plan to use Turkish...
  8. Jan

    Gordhan's department to appeal High Court ruling ordering load-shedding exemptions

    Pravin Gordhan will appeal load-shedding exemption court order South African public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said his department would appeal a court ruling that government hospitals, state schools and police buildings be exempted from power cuts. The department has “serious...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Taxpayers will pay the price for protecting hospitals and schools from load-shedding — Outa

    Taxpayers will pay the price for protecting hospitals and schools from load-shedding — Outa If the government had to provide generators to protect state hospitals, clinics, schools, and police stations from load-shedding, it would come at a massive cost to South African taxpayers. That is...
  10. Jan

    South Africa's fuel taxes from 2008 to 2023

    South Africa's petrol price nightmare Fuel taxes and profit margins in South Africa have tripled over the past 15 years, with the various levies and retail and wholesale margins now making up 45% of the total fuel price. Year-on-year fuel tax and margin increases have exceeded the consumer...
  11. Jan

    Kgosientso "Sputla" Ramokgopa tipped as Ramaphosa's favourite for Minister of Electricity

    Ramaphosa's favourite for Minister of Electricity — report Head of the Investment and Infrastructure Office in the South African Presidency, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, is tipped to be the President's preferred candidate for Minister of Electricity. However, City Press reports there are two options...
  12. Jan

    Stage 4 until further notice - 18 February 2023

    Eskom increases load-shedding until further notice Eskom has announced stage 4 load-shedding until further notice. This is due to the breakdowns of a generating unit each at Koeberg, Medupi, Kriel, Arnot and Lethabo power stations.
  13. Jan

    Outa launches interdict and legal action to overturn state of disaster

    Outa takes legal action over the electricity state of disaster The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) filed an urgent application requesting the overturning of the national state of disaster over load-shedding in the Pretoria High Court on Thursday, 16 February 2023. The civil action...
  14. Jan

    Outa on its case against the Karpowership deal

    Karpowership deal like shooting an ant with a shotgun — Outa The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is suing the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) over the distribution licences it granted Karpowership, saying the potential deal is like "shooting an ant with a shotgun". Outa...
  15. Jan

    ANC resolves on policy to replace SABC TV Licences with household levy

    Goodbye TV licence — ANC wants a new tax Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has said the African National Congress (ANC) supports the scrapping of SABC TV licences in favour of a household levy, Eyewitness News reports. While presenting the ANC communication commission's resolutions...
  16. Jan

    ConCourt sets date for Outa's case against Aarto

    Constitutional Court sets date for case against new traffic fine and demerit system laws The Constitutional Court of South Africa has set 15 November 2022 as the date on which it will hear the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse's (Outa) case against the country's new traffic laws. It will consider...
  17. Jan

    South Africa's driving licence card printing machine has broken down again

    South Africa's only driver's licence card printing machine breaks again South African motorists could face further delays when renewing their driver's licence card as the country's only printing machine has broken down for the second time in less than a year. This is according to the Eastern...
  18. Jan

    Eskom has no choice but to hike prices over 30% - analyst

    Without a bailout Eskom must hike electricity prices over 30% Eskom's 32% tariff increase application is likely the result of South Africa's National Treasury refusing to bail it out anymore, according to political and economic analyst Dale McKinley. In a CapeTalk interview, McKinley said...
  19. Jan

    SABC sends ambiguous threatening SMS to non-paying TV Licence holders

    SABC threatens non-paying TV Licence holders with frightening SMS The ambiguous wording of a South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) TV licence debt collection SMS could lead people to believe that the SABC is implementing High Court proceedings against them. A MyBroadband reader...
  20. Jan

    Fikile Mbalula explains in court documents why South Africa's driving licence cards expire

    Why South African driver's licence cards expire every five years South Africa's driving licence cards are valid for five years because the material they were originally made from was believed to only last that long. That is according to court documents filed by transport minister Fikile...
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