Zuko Komisa

- The South African Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, has dissolved the Board of Directors for the Road Accident Fund (RAF) due to severe and ongoing governance and operational failures.
- This decision follows concerns over internal divisions, mismanagement, and costly litigation that have significantly undermined the RAF’s ability to fulfil its mandate to road accident victims.
- Interim measures, including the appointment of an interim accounting authority and the process to constitute a new board, are underway to restore stability and improve the fund’s efficiency.
The Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, has dissolved the Board of Directors of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) with immediate effect.
The decision comes after persistent governance and operational failures that have severely hampered the fund’s ability to fulfil its mandate of compensating road accident victims.
The Ministry cited deep divisions within the board, a lack of cohesive decision-making, and the failure to fill critical executive positions as key reasons for the dissolution.
These concerns were further compounded by the inconsistent handling of the suspension of CEO Collins Letsoalo, which led to legal challenges and institutional uncertainty.
Letsoalo was suspended last month for failing to attend a Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) hearing.
SCOPA has also launched a full inquiry into allegations of maladministration, financial mismanagement, and wasteful expenditure at the RAF, following months of unsuccessful attempts to obtain accurate information from the board and executive management.
The Department of Transport highlighted the RAF’s protracted and costly litigation over accounting standards, which has strained its finances, along with frequent default judgments that exacerbate its liabilities and undermine financial sustainability.
Point of View with Phemelo Motene spoke to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Transport Donald Selamolela.



