A law firm secured a court order to seize roughly R113 million of the RAF’s assets after it failed to pay out victims and hospitals.
The Sheriff of the Court visited the Road Accident Fund’s Menlyn offices on Friday, 15 March 2024, to cart off a bunch of fridges after the RAF failed to comply with over 1,300 court orders., a law firm submitted the court orders to the Sheriff to seize approximately R113 million of the RAF’s assets.
The Sunshine Hospital in Actonville has 200 beds and four theatres designated for road accident patients. It has been struggling to get payment from the RAF for two decades. The RAF is primarily funded through a levy added to each litre of fuel sold in South Africa, which hasn’t been increased since the 2021/22 financial year.The basic fuel price versus the various levies and taxes.“Outa is of the opinion that this is an election year, and as such the budget was an election budget but due to the fiscal constraints SA’s budget is facing, it will probably increase in the .
According to the National Treasury, the decision not to increase the RAF and general fuel levies equates to approximately R4 billion in tax relief over the financial year.
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