‘It’s not true RAF is imploding’: CEO dismisses delaying payments amid R8.27bn claims backlog [Video]

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has hit back at criticism that the RAF was clogging up the courts and delaying payments of accident claims.

RAF held a media briefing regarding the outcomes of the 2023/2024 financial year, which ended in March.

The press conference comes just two days ahead of the Auditor-General’s scheduled update to Parliament on the RAF’s financial performance.

On Monday, RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo stated that the current board, appointed in 2019, inherited an “insolvent” institution.

In response, the RAF developed its 2020-2025 strategic plan to drive a turnaround and place the entity on a sustainable financial and operational trajectory.

“RAF’s challenges are not contemporary in nature; they are historic in a lot of ways,” he said.

Letsoalo lamented the fact that the fuel levy, which has remained unchanged at R2.18 per litre for the past three years, has impacted the RAF, …