EXPLAINER Why OUTA says South Africans should stop paying for municipal failures
Entrence of the Winnie Madikizela Mandela Local Municipality during a protest in 5 June 2026 - Photo: Quan Dambuza
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South Africans are paying more for municipal services, yet many communities continue to experience water outages, electricity interruptions, potholes, billing disputes and poor waste collection. Now the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says the country’s local government crisis is not caused by a lack of plans or policies, but by a lack of accountability. The…

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