Road Accident Fund accused of cover-up

THE Association for the Protection of Road Accident Victims (APRAV) is calling on the Minister of Transport to take immediate corrective action following mounting evidence that a deliberate five-point plan was implemented inside the Road Accident Fund to misrepresent its financial health and obstruct legitimate claims.

- ZELDA VENTER

According to APRAV deputy chairperson, Ngoako Mohlaloga, the strategy created “an optical illusion of solvency while hollowing out the Fund from within”. The result, he says, is a system that has “left victims and taxpayers at a loss, while money was channelled through tenders and contracts that did nothing to improve the Fund’s ability to deliver justice”.

APRAV’s findings - supported by affidavit evidence from former RAF actuarial manager Itayi Charakupa — point to five coordinated measures that dismantled the Fund’s operational and financial integrity. This, it says, includes the non-renewal of panel attorneys’ contracts.