In a victory for a mother of four, the Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the Road Accident Fund application challenging its liability in an accident at Cape Town harbour 10 years ago. CapeTimesSA
He was employed as a stevedore at the harbour, and Mbele sued the RAF for damages for herself and her four children. At the centre of the case was whether the reach stacker is a “motor vehicle” as defined in the Road Accident Fund Act.
The RAF contended that it is not a motor vehicle and that Mbele’s claim was not competent in terms of the act. The matter had appeared before Western Cape High Court judge Siraj Desai, who found that the reach stacker was not a vehicle as defined under the act. “Despite its imposing and gigantic size in terms of mass , width , length , height and speed limitation of 24km/* , objectively viewed, it cannot be said its driving on a road used by pedestrians and other vehicles would be extraordinarily difficult and hazardous,” Judge Zondi’s judgment read.
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