RAF’s unpaid claims explode to R100bn Unpaid claims have soared to more than double the Road Accident Fund’s budget. And there are no solutions (yet) to its staggering unravelling… by Tim Cohen February 4, 2026 News
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RAF’s Letsoalo swerves subpoena as fund’s financial crisis deepens With contingent liabilities set to rise to R422bn, the Road Accident Fund has hit a wall – and its ex-CEO is nowhere to be… by Tim Cohen November 14, 2025 News
Scopa peers into the Road Accident Fund’s abyss The parliamentary hearing into the fund has revealed a catalogue of contempt and collapsing controls… by Tim Cohen October 17, 2025 News 1
R48m for doing nothing: How the RAF lost control of itself An inquiry into the shambles at the Road Accident Fund begins today with the cost of 34 suspended staff. MPs reckon it’s the tip… by Tim Cohen October 7, 2025 News 1
Road to ruin: RAF scandal prompts full-scale probe Ongoing shenanigans at the Road Accident Fund have seen parliament’s standing committee on public accounts call for a formal inquiry into the organisation… by Tim Cohen June 25, 2025 News
A R650m media mystery: Hunting the RAF’s billions A whistleblower says the RAF has spent a mammoth R650m of a combined R1bn contract on media and advertising over just two years… by Tim Cohen June 20, 2025 News 1
RAF CEO suspended while the board ducks for cover The RAF board has converted Collins Letsoalo’s ‘special leave’ into a ‘precautionary suspension’ following allegations of insubordination… by Tim Cohen June 5, 2025 News
RAF’s crash course in governance Road Accident Fund CEO Collins Letsoalo has been put on paid leave after dodging parliament.… by Tim Cohen May 29, 2025 News
RAF execs in SIU sights The Special Investigating Unit is probing Road Accident Fund executives for allegedly taking kickbacks from lawyers appointed by the organisation… by Tim Cohen April 29, 2025 News
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