The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has told the Ministry of Transport to investigate the “reign of terror” at the Road Accident Fund (RAF) after members of the committee visited the fund’s claims office in Menlyn, Pretoria, on 23 June. The RAF is funded by a levy on fuel sales and compensates road accident victims, but it is technically insolvent. During the briefing, Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa (IFP) expressed his displeasure at the lack of action by the Ministry of Transport. Hlengwa told Deputy Minister of Transport Lisa Mangcu it would be an understatement to say the committee was “horrified” by what it found.
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