Government revives rejected Bill to fix Road Accident Fund
Transport Ministry abandons RAF Amendment Bill and plans to re-introduce the equally controversial Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill.
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RAF board may ditch costly court fight over accounting standards
The Road Accident Fund board is taking steps to address deep-rooted governance and financial issues – from executive suspensions to tightening legal oversight – but Parliament is questioning whether it’s too little, too late.
Letsoalo lawyered up a week before RAF board put him on ice
A week before being placed on special leave, RAF chief executive Collins Letsoalo enlisted legal counsel and declined to appear before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
SIU denies leaking report implicating RAF CEO in R79m lease deal
While the SIU distances itself from the leak, unanswered questions remain about why a lease allegedly approved by Treasury and audited without findings is now under scrutiny.
RAF makes noise while silence reigns on draft Road Accident Amendment Bill
Judgment is ‘forthcoming’ in the contempt of court case against the Road Accident Fund and its CEO, as Discovery Health seeks the enforcement of court rulings regarding unpaid claims.
Bid to have RAF CEO sentenced to ‘suspended imprisonment’ for unpaid debts fails
A challenge to the RAF’s failings must consider the complex inter-governmental duties on which the social security scheme depends, judge says.
Discovery Health says Road Accident Fund is in breach of court order
In 2022, the High Court ruled that the fund could not withhold payments for past medical expenses covered by medical schemes.
Third contempt application against RAF CEO amid legal battles over unpaid claims
The chairperson of the RAF board and the fund’s chief executive recently faced legal action for failing to accept delivery of documents pertaining to a claim for compensation.
RAF claims ‘out of ICU’, but hundreds of millions still owed to medical scheme clients
Despite Parliament’s commitment to prioritise the Road Accident Amendment Bill, there has been no further communication about the comments submitted on the draft legislation.
