
RAF drops audit fight as investigation into R1bn media contracts heats up
The Road Accident Fund has withdrawn its challenge to the Auditor-General and accepted adverse findings.

The Road Accident Fund has withdrawn its challenge to the Auditor-General and accepted adverse findings.

Severe understaffing in the Fund’s legal unit compounded years of governance failures and drove a surge in default judgments and rising claim costs.

Internal alerts on soaring payouts and mounting claims were dismissed as ‘negativity’, allowing the RAF’s operational and financial crisis to deepen, SCOPA is told.

Judge says the fund’s failure to send lawyers to court or provide them with instructions is leading to default judgments.

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.