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Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse. Fighting corruption, maladministration & tax abuse. Racism and hate speech will not be condoned. DONATE: https://t.co/BlysZAetJz
South Africa
Joined March 2012
#SONA2025 is happening this Thursday, and all eyes are on @PresidencyZA @CyrilRamaphosa. Will he tackle the real issues affecting South Africans? Will we get meaningful solutions, or just more promises?.What do you think he should focus on?.- Corruption and accountability.-
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BREAKING: #OUTA shares leaked voice recordings implicating Minister @DrBladeNzimande and @myNSFAS chairperson #ErnestKhosa and others in wrongdoing at #NSFAS. Both of them should resign, or @PresidencyZA @CyrilRamaphosa should fire them. Must read!
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How did Ashu Chawla - aka the "Gupta post office" - get away with wearing sunglasses in his ID photo? #StateCapture #Guptas @rudieheyneke
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ABSOLUTE MUST READ: "They want what will win them the next election, not what will keep the country going for the next 2 decades." .De Ruyter strikes back – blows the lid on ANC corruption, political interference and worse load shedding this winter.
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Dear voters. Please take note that @MYANC used their majority in @ParliamentofRSA to block an official probe into #Eskom #corruption, while Min of Elec @Kgosientsho_R denies any corruption at powerstations. Remember this in 2024 when you vote. #example.
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SA's infrastructure is falling apart, #Eskom needs R4bn for diesel yet #SATourism and @LindiweSisuluSA wants to spend almost R1bn on @SpursOfficial deal to "promote" SA. Help #OUTA fight for transparency and holding govt accountable. Donate to our work:
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WE DID THIS TOGETHER! The #EndOfEtolls proves that a united civil society can force Govt to listen. BIG thanks to each of our supporters. We STILL need YOUR support for legal fights against #AARTO and #Karpowerships and #ElectoralReform. Donate to us here:
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BREAKING NEWS: #OUTA's legal team was just informed that Govt decided to withdraw the #StateOfDisaster on #electricity and revoke the regulations. This follows on #OUTA's legal challenge to stop the SOD. Big win for civil society. Press statement to follow.
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BREAKING: .#DuduMeyni declared #delinquent. Finally, SA sees justice served against a prominent individual involved in state capture. It was worth every rand spent, says OUTA’s Advocate Stefanie Fick. Dudu Myeni declared delinquent director for life.
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Another week, another govt mess, this time on gazetting #licencing fees. When will @GovernmentZA and @MbalulaFikile learn that SA'ns are not happy with mediocre leadership anymore? If you feel YOU deserve better, join us to help apply more pressure:
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BREAKING NEWS: #DuduMyeni is officially a #delinquent director. The Pretoria High Court dismissed Myeni's attempt to appeal enforcement of delinquency order against her. It was struck off the roll & she was ordered to pay all legal costs (OUTA's included). Statement to follow.
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During these difficult times, we must #UniteAndProtectSA. Let’s stay focused on peacefully advancing our country. Please try to remain calm, assist those in need of help, and #StaySafe.
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#Karpowership won't end #loadshedding, but can cost SA up to R500 billion for 20 yrs. Then ships will sail away, leaving NO generational infrastructure. It's an illogical, unaffordable deal that will cost YOU. Help fund #OUTA's courtcase to stop it:
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So, @PMashatile's wife gets gifted uncut diamonds from a man under active investigation for fraud. (It was all over the media.) The happy couple keeps it, now returns it. Remind us again what would happen to ordinary people caught with uncut diamonds? .
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The #OUTA report wasn't leaked. The RECORDINGS were leaked. We shall start dropping some of the voicenotes now.
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MUST WATCH: No matter who wins on the 8th of May #Elections2019, use your #vote and #power as #activecitizens to hold Government Accountable. #SouthAfrica
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BREAKING: Victory for South Africa! OUTA freezes R1.75 billion rehab fund from flowing into Gupta pockets. READ HERE
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So, folks, no water, no electricity for days in Joburg, traffic lights not working, highways without lights for kilometres, bridges not safe, reservoirs cracked. Not to mention Ekurhuleni and Tshwane and other parts of Gauteng. But hey, a new airport to look forward to! (Oh,.
[WATCH] Gauteng Finance MEC Lebogang Maile says Gauteng will soon have a new airport in Sedibeng District. Maile says the project is estimated to cost 200 billion rand.
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No @GautengANC, you can NOT claim "victory" for today's #etolls decision. The decision has been made FOR YOU by motorists of Gauteng who refused to pay for #etolls, and by #OUTA, who took @SANRAL_za and @GovernmentZA to court SEVERAL times. Your party landed us in this mess!
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Govt's decision today to revoke the #StateOfDisaster following #OUTA's legal action again shows the power of citizens standing together against irrational decisions. Please donate to us. Any amount welcome, donations are #taxdeductible. Join here:
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Uhmmm, R120 million to replace 540 toilets? Who got the tender? R222k per toilet!.
This afternoon we were in Campbel to announce the commencement of the eradication of 540 buckets and pit-latrines, to be replaced with full-flushing toilets. The project cost is about R120 Million. We are pushing .
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Dear @GovernmentZA.We don't need need a R22m vanity flagpole to feel proud of SA. We need a WORKING country! Stop wasting our taxes!. South Africa to spend R22 million on 100-metre tall flag via @businesstechSA.
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This is who we, South Africans, are at heart. Don't let politicians tell you differently. #ThingsToRememberWhenVoting.
Is there anything more beautiful than seeing South Africans helping each other out to get everyone to the ballot box. This is the Durban City Hall voting booth where thousands are ready to vote #ElectionDay
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You forget one crucial thing: SA already has free healthcare for those without medical aid. Paid for with everyone's taxes. These facilities (clinics, hospitals) are ran into the ground by the incompetent and greedy officials. They are merely channels for looting (the kind that.
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Most of us battle to afford #electricity, yet ministers and deputies pay nothing for water +electricity. They also have generators to protect them from loadshedding. All funded by YOU! Donate to us to fight #taxabuse - it's #taxdeductible! Please RT.
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Government pulled the plug on the R22m flagpole because we objected as one. Imagine what can happen if we do this with all #taxabuse + irrational decisions. Join #OUTA today - now in court on #AARTO and #Karpowerships. Your donations amplify our voice!.
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Min @GwedeMantashe1, you wouldn’t need to read by candlelight if you gazette the increased capacity to self-generate 100MW of energy. What are you waiting for? This is a start to #endloadshedding. Help #OUTA keep up the pressure on govt by donating to us:
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#OUTA's #bridgebrigade on Linksfield Rd bridge, braving the drizzle this morning with an important message:.#ProsecuteStateCaptureCulprits RT
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BREAKING NEWS: Court declares #AARTO #unconstitutional and #invalid, finds in #OUTA's favour. Dept of Transport and @rtia_aarto send back to re-do the law, ordered to pay OUTA's legal costs.
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This can't continue. Cut the VIP protection budget and start protecting those who want to save our country from criminals.
Coreth Naudé, a senior advocate acting for SARS in a tax inquiry involving controversial businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize, survived an attempt on her life on Thursday afternoon.
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Nothing to see here, folks. Just 57 new bakkies. 45 more to be bought soon. (Total cost: R55 mil). Early Christmas gifts for Limpopo's traditional leaders from SA taxpayers (funded by Limpopo Govt's COGTA). Luckily we can relax. It's apparently not bribes for support in.
It all system go at Ngoako Ramatlhodi Sports Complex,Seshego, Polokwane Local Municipality, Capricorn District. As the Premier Mr Chupu Stanley Mathabatha hand over vehicles to Limpopo Senior Traditional Leaders. #LeaveNoOneBehind #LetsGrowLimpopoTogether
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SOUND ON: A reminder to @GovernmentZA and @PresidencyZA of how #SouthAfricans react every single time our #bridgebrigade raise this banner. This morning at Grey Avenue, Alberton, was no exception.
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Even if you argue you have no legal duty, surely you have a MORAL duty to do what is best for our country's economy and people, or what say you @CyrilRamaphosa @PresidencyZA? .I don’t have a legal duty to end load-shedding, says Ramaphosa
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And it's not even the 1st of April yet. @MYANC calls for a #nationalshutdown. Remind us who governs us? And what have you done with ALL the warnings about #corruption in Eskom, poor governance, captured ministers, the need for new energy capacity, Medupi + Kusile? #loadshedding
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Dear @GovernmentZA @Dotransport @MbalulaFikile @PresidencyZA @MYANC. This picture has been all over social media since yesterday. Apparently taken near Howick. How proud you must feel.
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Dear Minister of Electricity: do you really think that corruption will happen right in front of your eyes on a blitz tour? Also, have you READ the #ZondoReport or studied the SIU's cases on ONGOING #corruption at @Eskom_SA? Please don't insult SA'ns going without power daily.
[WATCH] "The problems I see here are more technical than corruption taking place."- Minister of Electricity Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa speaking at Kusile Power Station. #Newzroom405
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And there you have it, folks. @MbalulaFikile just admitted they supported #Zuma's lies about #Nkandla. (FixedNuffing will probably later say he was misquoted. Bookmark this tweet.).
“We defended Former President Zuma, we even went to Parliament and said a swimming Pool is a fire Pool, The Constitutional Court led by Mogoeng Mogoeng released a judgement against Jacob Zuma but the ANC stood by him, today Zuma says he can't stand President Cyril Ramaphosa” ANC
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Too little, too late #SylviaLucas. You will be remembered for this, and for spending R53k on KFC during your first 10 weeks in office as Northern Cape premier (in 2013).
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This morning's #OUTA #bridgebrigade at N1/Olifantsfontein, Halfway House. Note the #VIPProtection #BlueLightBrigade. Wonder what the occupants thought of our banner calling government the roadblock holding SA back?.BIG thanks to our team always representing OUTA with such
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SA Tourism wants to spend close to R1-billion to sponsor British soccer team. Just think what else can be done with that money! @LindiweSisuluSA must go! .From Lindiwe Sisulu, With Love: Inside SA Tourism’s R1bn proposal to sponsor Tottenham Hotspur
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Chief Economist @Dawie_Roodt says taxpayers should object to the government’s overspending by using legal means to pay as little tax as possible. Do you agree?.
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Really, @PresidencyZA? SA'ns are SUFFERING because of #loadshedding - businesses closing down, jobs lost, economy taking a dive, but you don't care? .Ramaphosa says he doesn't know, and doesn't plan to find out, which ministers allegedly looted Eskom
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Dear South Africa. We can sleep better tonight. There's a Gupta behind bars, and a corrupt president just resigned. Tomorrow the work of turning our country around will start in all seriousness. Together we can do it. Nkosi Sikelel Iafrika #LetsFixSA #TogetherWeCanDoIt.
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#Corruption and #taxabuse steals valuable resources meant to improve people's lives, especially the poor. Malfunctioning state hospitals is just one example. With YOUR help, #OUTA can do so much more to fight for better use of our taxes. Donate here now:
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"Our country is throttled by corruption. South Africa is throttled by corruption. There are always unaccountable billions of rands at the municipal level. We are not accountable. We've got a bunch of thieves ruling us," #MathewsPhosa said of @MYANC govt.
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Sorry, @Chrispin_JPhiri, that is the Jozini dam, and it was NOT built by @MYANC government. It's been around since 1973 (then called the Pongolapoort dam). But well done for exposing your party's #electioneering. People need to know how you twist the truth.
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Dear @MbalulaFikile: nobody needs to go to court over the #driverslicence issue. Just sign the regulation to change #licencecard validity to 10 yrs. Like #OUTA has suggested since 2020. Use the time gained to sort out the mess in licencing depts. Use your power to benefit SA! RT.
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Oooops, embarrassing! Now what say you @MbalulaFikile? And all the other @MYANC grandstanders etc? How's that court case coming along?.
[BREAKING NEWS] Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan confirms that former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter spoke to him about alleged corruption at the power utility. Tune into #Newzroom405 for more details.
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R300 million loss exposed within a week of taking office! How could a loss of R30million/year go unnoticed?.What is being hidden in portfolios where the same ministers are in charge for years and years? This is the kind of transparency and accountability one expects from.
I have decided to take the public into confidence and advise South Africa that at least R300 million has been stolen from the department in the last 10 years in an elaborate scheme by cyber-hackers, and potentially officials within the department. It is unthinkable that this has
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Sincerely happy for all people of KZN reliant on govt healthcare. But you are confusing party with state again. It's not the ANC that built this hospital - it was built with taxpayers money. People from all political parties pay tax. (And let's hope the hospital was built with.
@OUTASA We are voting for the @MYANC. Today they opened a beautiful hospital in my township, KwaMashu
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Congrats to whistleblower @LakrajSarika, who found and reported irregularities + suspected corruption to the value of R8.2 billion at @CityofJoburgZA. She was dismissed for her efforts. Sarika now received the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation's Excellence in Leadership Award.
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Tired of ribbon-cutting politicians? Cut their support! Instead, join us to hold them accountable and expose #corruption. Join our fight for a better country for all by clicking here:
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Speaking like a bystander or newcomer, Mr President. Remind us again who was the governing party for the last 30 years?.
Poor transport infrastructure has been making it difficult to get to and from places of work, school, the hospital and clinic, and to towns and cities from rural areas.
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Now here's a shocker. "No expertise". Oh wait, his company also had no experience in fixing a waste water plant, yet got paid R290m for abandoned Rooiwal "upgrade". The end result? The #Hammanskraal cholera outbreak that killed 23 people.
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Excellent. Some good news starting to trickle in. Please share POSITIVE stories from your town/community with us in the comments. We can all do with hearing some good news of people uniting against this madness. #StopTheLooting.
MegaCity in Mahikeng North-West opened, members of the community came in numbers to protect their jobs and shops. #looting #ProtectSouthAfrica #Sandton
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A victory for the people who refused to be forced into a corrupt scheme - we were never against a "pay as you go" scheme, but against the deceit and corruption. Thank you to each and every supporter who stood behind @wayneduv and #OUTA.
[BREAKING NEWS] E-tolls finally scrapped. Government has gazetted the withdrawal of E-tolls on various Gauteng roads. Tune into #Newzroom405 for more details.
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MUST READ: A T-shirt at R4,6k; R44k for an umbrella, R980 for a coaster, R668k to print a 100 copies of a document – these are just some of the inflated prices revealed by #OUTA’s investigation into one specific tender at Services SETA. Guess who the official in charge of the.
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Dear #MakhosiKhoza. We are outraged about your removal as chair of #ParliamentsPublicServiceCommittee. We salute your courage. RT
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Unacceptable - remember that SA finds itself in this mess exactly because @Eskom_SA was used as a piggy bank by connected cadres! Exempting them from PFMA paves the way for MORE #taxabuse and #corruption!.
Is this really the way to deal with an electricity disaster in South Africa? Good grief!
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"As #SowetoElectricityCrisisCommittee we say no to #Karpowership, no to deals designed to steal more money from our country, no to more corruption and abusing the vulnerable, poor working class. No leader has a right to steal in our name."@CleopatraShezi.
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Julius is jealous. Thousands of people all over the country spontaneously gathered to see the Springboks - no busses or KFC or T-shirts needed to convince them. Just passion and purpose, something positive to unite behind and be proud of. We are indeed #StrongerTogether.
Ditch the Bokke - it’s just an apartheid emblem says EFF leader Julius Malema. Can the meaning of symbols never change? Are the throngs of supporters wrong? Is the EFF right to say the celebrations are superficial when so little has changed for the majority? #702Breakfast.
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We'll just put this here. And remind you of students sleeping on the streets, 36k people waiting for operations at Gauteng state hospitals, 1000's of children relying on school feeding schemes for their daily meal. And then @Lesufi wants to spend state funds on burying AKA.
The Office of the Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi is seeking permission from President Cyril Ramaphosa to honour rapper AKA with a state funeral.
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On behalf of all SA'ns who watched #DuduMyeni over the last 3 days trying to evade answering at #ZondoCommission, we salute your patience, adv #KateHofmeyr and DJC #Zondo.
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With what money, dear Mr Minister @MbalulaFikile ? You can't even pay @MYANC staff. Please know that you can't use public funds (i.e. taxes) for a legal case by the governing party. The whole of SA is watching.
(JUST IN) ANC SG Fikile Mbalula says the ANC will give Andre de Ruyter up to 10 days to prove corruption claims by the ANC or the party will take legal action against him. #sabcnews.
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Goodbye Karpowerships, well done SA! .A special thank you to all the OUTA supporters who made it possible for us to take @NERSA_ZA to court (along with @TheGreenConnect) to challenge NERSA's decision to prematurely grant Karpower distribution licences, despite the costs to SA.
"The Karpowership projects are dead in the water. The projects did not meet the deadline dates. The projects are buried and behind us." - Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Take a bow, South Africa. You pushed back and said NO to this outrageous deal. 🚢👋🚢👋🚢👋.
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The question we as citizens need to ask ourselves: WHEN will we be angry enough to hold government accountable for all the lies they are telling us, for all the services they are not delivering, for all the misleading promises they are making? #ThingsToRememberWhenVoting.
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For all those asking whether we have the recordings, yes, we have. About 3 hours worth of it, ALL shared via links in the press release below. Together with a 55 page report. Listen and share widely, please.
BREAKING: #OUTA shares leaked voice recordings implicating Minister @DrBladeNzimande and @myNSFAS chairperson #ErnestKhosa and others in wrongdoing at #NSFAS. Both of them should resign, or @PresidencyZA @CyrilRamaphosa should fire them. Must read!
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We welcome Dr Makhosi Khoza, who officially starts work today as #OUTA's new Executive Director of Local Government Strategy, to our team. Looking forward to what she and her very competent team will achieve in fighting #corruption and #taxabuse on municipal level.
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Please spare a thought for the poor @CityofJoburgZA councilors who will have to take a Tupper to work (like the rest of us) instead of feasting on 3 course meals at R800 p.p. during council sittings that cost RESIDENTS R600k per meeting. It is the most expensive council in the.
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JUST IN: Thanks to lots of pressure by the public and different organisations, #DrTimDeMaayer's suspension has been lifted. @GautengHealth says the management team of RHMMC will work together to address the issues raised in his open letter. Thank YOU! #StrongerTogether
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#READ: “Why should citizens have to finance any salary increases for public servants + councillors whilst businesses are having to curb costs, cut expenses, retrench staff or force them to take unpaid leave?” #OUTA urges @GovernmentZA to cut the fat.
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SOUND ON: It is clear from motorists' reaction to this morning's #OUTA #bridgebrigade near Alberton that we all want the same: #ProsecuteStateCaptureCulprits
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#Eskom is 100 years old today. We wanted to do something special, so for all those who brought this once proud entity to its knees, here's a cake. (Jokes aside: we realise there are some good people in Eskom still trying to keep the lights on. We thank them for their efforts.)
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A brilliant summary of public perception by @zapiro. @GovernmentZA, @PresidencyZA @sziks and @MYANC only have themselves to blame for this distrust. Please support @GiftoftheGivers if you want to help.
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"You will serve all people of all races, of all religions, of all colours, of all classes, of all political affiliations and of any geographical location. You will serve them unconditionally." Out of those words @GiftoftheGivers was born. Thank you, Dr #ImtiazSooliman and team!
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BREAKING: Another victory for #civilsociety! #DuduMyeni's application for leave to appeal against #delinquency verdict dismissed with costs. Court found there was no reasonable prospect of success in an appeal + there is no other compelling reason why an appeal should be heard.
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Join us in wishing @ThuliMadonsela3 a happy birthday. A true patriot! Thank you for your leadership against corruption. We salute you! RT
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Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu, wife of Major General Noel Ndhlovu, received defence contracts worth more than R210 million between 2014 and now. One of which was to supply the SANDF with tea + coffee (at a whopping R1,5 million!) The fiscus is milked by the connected.
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You went after the wrong person at #RahimaMoosaHospital when you allowed the suspension of #DrTimDeMaayer. Rather investigate the CEO, Nozuko Mkabay. We have had enough of the games being played with poor people's lives. Fix @GautengHealth, @David_Makhura.
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It's official! The end of the #Karpowership deal has been confirmed in a written reply by @Kgosientsho_R .to a question asked in @ParliamentofRSA. Without #OUTA's intervention and legal challenge to this deal and the State of Disaster on Electricity declaration in 2023, South
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With all due respect, but "the authorities" are the members of your party, @MYANC. And did this crisis develop overnight? No, it was brought on by years of ignorant mismanagement, cadre deployment and blatant taxwaste. Perhaps call the party to account!.
The mind boggles why the authorities do not seem to comprehend that we are approaching a Fiscal Crisis ! The debt/gdp ratio is scary!!.
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No @MbalulaFikile - you guys are totally responsible for your own mess. No bewitching, just old fashioned incompetence and greed.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the ANC’s political opponents are “bewitching” his party.
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#OUTA is #petitioning #Parliament to REMOVE AND REPLACE the #PublicProtector with somebody who is competent and willing to act in the best interest of ALL #SouthAfricans. OUTA needs YOUR support: by supporting this petition, you become an #activecitizen.
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#OUTA & @wayneduv are the @FinancialMail's #CivilSociety Newsmaker of the Year! On behalf of OUTA's team, a HUGE thank you to Wayne for his fearless yet compassionate leadership. And to you, our supporters who make our work possible, this is yours too!.
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BREAKING NEWS: #OUTA files legal challenge to overturn #NERSA’s #Karpowership licences. We say.NERSA failed to act in the interests of SA, failed to provide adequate reasons and failed to consider that the Karpowership 20-year “emergency” contracts will not resolve loadshedding
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Guess who's back for the 1st time in 4 months to remind us that the fight against #StateCapture and #corruption needs our undivided attention and support? Seems motorists missed #OUTA's #bridgebrigade!
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Pure unfiltered electioneering. Luring voters by pretending that #SASSA grants gets paid courtesy of @MYANC. The truth: .1) All SAns (even those on grants who only pay VAT) contribute to the taxes that this gets paid with. It's not the ANC's generous doing. It is actually their.
The ANC remains committed to safeguarding the well-being of our people, especially through impactful social grants. Together, we build a foundation of support, ensuring no one is left behind. Visit your local voting station. #RegisterToVoteANC.#ANCAtWork
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Dear @SpursOfficial - do you really want to be associated with a deal that was done at the expense of millions of South Africans, many of them losing jobs as we speak because our government literally can't keep the lights on?.
Tottenham Hotspur have secured a three-year £42.5 million shirt-sleeve sponsorship deal with the South African government — despite the country considering a state of disaster due to record power cuts
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Sorry, @MbalulaFikile, but we certainly don't believe you. And we bet that 99% of SAns don't either. Mbalula: 'We are now well-educated about ensuring there is no looting as a result of a state of disaster' via @TimesLIVE.
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