By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said government talks to bring down fuel prices are reportedly under way. This comes as the prices are currently distorted by taxes like the general fuel levy and Road Accident Fund (RAF) levy. The minister said although petrol and diesel prices should be around R14 per litre, they currently exceed R20 per litre. Speaking on VOC […]
By Ragheema Mclean The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is grappling with severe financial and operational difficulties, despite ongoing efforts to stabilize the organization. The state-owned enterprise is facing a substantial deficit of R1.6 billion the financial year 2023/24. In the past year, the RAF processed 63,015 claims out of 79,377 registered. The fund disbursed approximately R12.7 billion for general damages, R2.6 billion for loss of support, R1.7 billion for medical […]
The Department of Transport (DoT) has defended its move to ignore a court order to retain the panel of attorneys set up in 2014 to act on behalf of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) in claims made by victims of motor vehicle accidents. The department says it had launched an appeal against Judge Wendy Hughes’s 1 June order to retain the 103 lawyers for six more months and the appeal […]
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has contacted numerous claimants‚ service providers and the caregivers to inform them that the fund’s bank account has officially been attached by the Sheriff of the Court and is now frozen. The RAF’s CEO Eugene Watson cited steep attorney’s fees for bleeding the account dry. “Payments have ground to a halt due to the RAF’s bank account being attached by the Sheriff of the Court‚” […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
