The Pretoria High Court on Friday dismissed an urgent application by attorneys to continue as lawyers for the Road Accident Fund.
On average, the value of the claims settled by the RAF per month amounts to approximately R4.1bn. The fixed operational expenses for the fund are approximately R800m a month. The fund receives approximately R3.5bn a month from the fuel levy.The new operational model is meant to reduce legal costs and revise the structure and business process of claims, among other things.
“The RAF’s new model consists of the intention to settle as many as possible meritorious claims within 120 days. The aim is to achieve a 98% settlement rate. The immediate aim is to target those claims already on the civil rolls from 1 June 2020 onwards,” the RAF submitted. Not all matters can or will be settled out of court. On matters that are liable for judicial trial, the fund will delegate as per necessity.
“Each passing day that the present litigation model continues to exist, the deeper the RAF’s financial outlook sinks. The deeper the RAF sinks, the less the position to satisfy claims, both timeously or at all. This impacts on the public purse and on the pockets of fuel-using public,” said the fund.
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