Joint memorandum exposes Road Accident Fund (RAF) crisis and injustice to victims
25 July 2023
The DA will call on the parliamentary portfolio committee on transport chairperson, Regina Mina Mpontseng Lesoma, to request that a joint memorandum from various legal entities regarding the mismanagement of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) be tabled and extensively discussed by the committee. The committee must develop actionable steps to address the outlined issues.
The RAF has been run into the ground as confirmed by the joint memorandum letter addressed to Parliament.
The core of these grievances is the appointment of Collins Letsoalo as CEO of the RAF, a position that requires substantial knowledge of litigation processes and the South African legal framework. Yet, Letsoalo, by his own admission, possesses only a basic understanding of these critical areas. The memorandum also criticises the disbanding of the RAF’s panel of attorneys, which left the RAF without legal representation for approximately a year.
The DA notes the points raised about the insufficient number of state attorneys and claims handlers currently employed, which has led to a loss of capacity that the termination of the panel of attorneys created.