Concerns over Eskom's alleged street light switch-off in Gauteng
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) CEO Wayne Duvenage has raised concerns over the impact that Eskom's alleged switch-off of street lighting in Johannesburg could have on residents' safety.
Moneyweb recently reported that a...
Outa weighing legal options over solar power registration
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has started asking solar power users and installers for information that could aid in potential legal action over solar registration requirements in South Africa.
Outa is widely regarded to be...
chris yelland
gauteng
organisation undoing tax abuse (outa)
rooftop solar power
small-scale embedded generation (sseg)
solar registration
wayneduvenage
Eskom's solar registration fee exemption deadline closing in
There are fewer than 2 weeks left before Eskom's free registration offer for rooftop solar power systems expires.
Eskom and many municipalities require households and businesses with sub-100kW grid-tied and hybrid solar power...
Outa thinks new traffic fine system contract sounds like a "money-making scheme"
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has warned of a high risk of corruption creeping into a tender to design, build, and operate South Africa's new traffic fine system.
The Road Traffic Infringement Agency...
The duo that drove Eskom to drop its expensive solar power registration rule
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) CEO Wayne Duvenage and EE Business Intelligence managing director Chris Yelland deserve credit for pushing Eskom to ease its solar power registration rules.
Eskom dropped the...
chris yelland
ee business intelligence
electricity
eskom
organisation undoing tax abuse (outa)
rooftop solar
small-scale embedded generation (sseg)
solar power
wayneduvenage
Eskom's new solar rules will save households R400 million — Outa
Energy expert Chris Yelland estimates that Eskom's relaxation of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) rules will save households with rooftop solar a combined R400 million in compliance costs.
Effective 1 October 2025, Eskom no...
chris yelland
engineering council of south africa (ecsa)
eskom
home solar
rooftop solar
small-scale embedded generation (sseg)
solar power
wayneduvenage
These incompetent clowns do not stop calling me and sending sms's but I am not the person they are referring to. Someone used my number to register their licence which they are obviously not paying. I have informed the clowns to stop harassing me with calls and sms's as I am not the person they...
africa national congress
dark clouds
important
kiss goodbye
massive
outa
south african broadcasting corporation (sabc)
under siege
warning
wayneduvenage
Lesufi's number plate lie
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's claim that cars spending over 30 days a month in the province need to have GP number plates is false.
The Gauteng Provincial Government launched a six-month pilot of the "smart" number plates last week, over two and half years after...
Nail in the coffin for e-tolls — Shutdown date announced
The official shutdown date for e-tolls in Gauteng has been confirmed, just more than a decade after the much-abhorred system first came into use.
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has published a government gazette...
How much more you are coughing up per tank of petrol — 2013 vs 2023
South African motorists are paying as much as R990.40 more to fill their tank in October 2023 than they were 10 years ago.
While the government's taxes on a litre of fuel are partially to blame, the most significant increases...
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...
administrative adjudication of road traffic offences (aarto)
city of cape town
jp smith
organisation undoing tax abuse (outa)
traffic fines
wayneduvenage
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...
chris yelland
city of tshwane
eskom
load-shedding
national energy regulator of south africa (nersa)
organisation undoing tax abuse (outa)
wayneduvenage
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...
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...
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...
Just extend licence card expiry period already — Outa
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) believes extending driver's licence card validity periods to eight years is a step in the right direction but isn't happy with the minister's approach to passing the necessary legislation.
Transport...
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...
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...
Big petrol price drop could be hijacked with e-toll levy
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) worries that finance minister Enoch Godongwana will use an expected fuel price drop in September as an opportunity to squeeze in a levy to replace Gauteng's e-tolls.
Outa warned that Godongwana...
South Africa's plan for digital driver's licence cards
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that he is ready to present his proposal for a new digital driver's licence card to cabinet ministers.
He said the proposal includes re-looking at the five-year validity period that currently...