The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been ordered to pay a police officer R2 million in damages and income loss, after a car crash left him confined to an office, doing administrative work, 17 years ago.
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Citizen Reporter The Pretoria high court on Friday ruled on the suspension of warrants of execution and attachments against the RAF.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed a court ruling in the battle between the cash-strapped Road Accident Fund (RAF) and lawyers across the country.
The Pretoria high court on Friday ruled on the suspension of warrants of execution and attachments against the RAF.
A total of 17 respondents, mostly law firms and sheriffs, were fighting for the right of the public who had made successful claims from the fund to be paid within a reasonable time.
In a statement on Monday, the Mbalula said the judgement was a step in the right direction in the government’s efforts to ensure victims of accidents on the roads continue to benefit from the social security net the RAF provides.
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Situation is close to constitutional crisis, warn judges.
By Tania Broughton
12 Apr 2021 11:15
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The Road Accident Fund has secured an extraordinary court order stopping successful claimants and their attorneys from laying claim to its money and assets.
The fund is in danger of imploding due to mismanagement and corruption.
If the fund collapses drivers will be open to being sued, while claimants will struggle to get compensation.
The fund is currently under investigation and a new management is trying to rescue its finances.
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has secured an extraordinary court order preventing successful claimants and their attorneys from laying claim to money in its bank account and other assets in order to recover what they are owed. The fund is facing imminent implosion, the consequences of which will be disastrous.
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The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has secured an extraordinary court order preventing successful claimants and their attorneys from laying claim to money in its bank account and other assets in order to recover what they are owed. The Fund is facing imminent implosion, the consequences of which will be disastrous.
A constitutional crisis is brewing, Pretoria high court Judge Pieter Meyer (with Judges Leicester Adams and Johann van der Westhuizen concurring), said in Friday’s ruling. Read the judgment here.
Judge Meyer explained that implosion of the fund will trigger a section of the Road Accident Fund Act which bars any claims against it for compensation.