Gauteng High Court crisis, and education departments feeling the pinch

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Gauteng High Court crisis, and education departments feeling the pinch
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Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today (6 September 2024).

A catastrophic car accident claim with the Road Accident Fund could take over five years to reach court due to a backlog in the Gauteng Division of the High Court. The earliest trial date for RAF cases is October 2029, with police cases set for November 2027 and divorces for February 2027. Lawyers and Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo attribute the backlog to the RAF’s inefficiency and frequent disregard for court summonses, which forces many cases to default judgment.

[ The auditor-general found that Gauteng’s social development department had poor procurement controls, underspent by R554 million, misused R6.5 million, and failed to follow proper procedures, leading to significant errors in its performance report. This scrutiny comes amid publicized chaos in the department under former MEC Mbali Hlophe and head Matilda Gasela. [ The Unemployment Insurance Fund’s online services have been down for weeks due to a court interdict blocking a new service provider.

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