Lawyers blast RAF boss' accusations

The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) has condemned "unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations" by the Road Accident Fund (RAF) chief executive Collins Letsoalo about alleged corrupt lawyers who complicated the fund's financial crisis.

- Eric Naki

Representative Justin Erasmus said Letsoalo frequently attacked lawyers across the board, but in vague terms.

Letsoalo was said to have accused them of exacerbating problems at the RAF through corrupt claims, which the profession denied.

"The Law Society of South Africa unequivocally condemns recent attempts to shift blame for the RAF's dysfunction onto the legal profession. These allegations are misleading and part of a broader attempt to transform the RAF into a social benefits scheme.