Road Accident Fund

Sars expects to collect less revenue for the year

Article Thando Maeko - 26 Feb 2020

The revenue service is expecting another year of tax undercollection thanks to weak economic growth and strained consumers.

Strike-off case pulls in judge

Article Franny Rabkin - 14 Feb 2020

Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and his deputy

Tender irregularity symptoms missed

Article Athandiwe Saba - 15 Nov 2019

The beleaguered Road Accident Fund’s former CFO, who was found to have meddled in a tender, is administering the government medical scheme

RAF amendment bill could boost loss of support claim expenditure by 70%

Article Jacques Coetzee - 28 Jan 2019

Opponents of Rabs say inadequate research and consultation have been done

Haemorrhaging RAF staggers along

Article Gemma Ritchie - 9 Nov 2018

A new model is in the pipeline but the current fund’s liabilities are projected to rise to R393-billion by 2021-2022

Will the new scheme fix the broken one?

Article Gemma Ritchie - 9 Nov 2018

The Road Accident Benefit Scheme is intended to replace the current system administered by the RAF

Fuel pricing structure under review

Article Lynley Donnelly & Gemma Ritchie - 5 Oct 2018

Forgoing levies and duties will leave a big hole in the budget for treasury to fill

DA, OUTA call for mass fuel protest

Article Jan Bornman - 24 Jul 2018

DA leader Mmusi Maimane says recent continuous fuel price increases were bringing ordinary South Africans to their knees

Duduzani Zuma culpable homicide case postponed

Article Raeesa Pather - 12 Jul 2018

The charges relate to a car accident in February 2014 where Zuma lost control of his car and rear-ended a taxi

The drivers behind fuel price hikes

Article Sabelo Mtantato - 6 Jul 2018

Ways to cushion the knock-on effects, to protect the poor in particular, must – and can – be found

RAF mum on mystery payments

Article Athandiwe Saba - 16 Mar 2018

There is allegedly no record for why the acting chief executive paid SAP R10-million last year

RAF, Medscheme marriage under the spotlight

Article Athandiwe Saba - 9 Mar 2018

Controversial RAF Project Siyenza has become even more contentious, as links between managers are revealed

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