The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is being defrauded of R1-billion a year in false claims, SABC news reported on Tuesday. This figure is double the amount estimated by the auditor general. RAF chairperson Saths Cooper said the auditor general’s new audit would give a clearer indication of the scale of the problem.
”The problems are created because of laxities in the system and because people have been allowed to get away with it for some time. We are very clear that we are going to stamp out fraud,” Cooper said.
According to national police spokesperson Mary Martins-Engelbrecht, police are currently investigating false claims amounting to R87-million and at least 500 people have been successfully convicted for fraud in the past year. – Sapa