No festive joy for Road Accident Fund claimants
(World News South Africa)

Pretoria - It looks like a bleak Christmas is on the cards for claimants who are waiting to receive compensation from the Road Accident Fund (RAF). At least eight of the RAF´s Absa accounts were attached about a month ago by about 346 injured motorists demanding payment. As things now stand, RAF owes about R17billion to claimants whose claims were approved either through settlement or via various court orders. Collins Letsoalo of the RAF´s legal department confirmed in papers before the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, that the the road fund`s liability at this stage towards injured motorists was more than R17bn. The RAF only receives on average of about R3.5bn each month. The RAF last week...