A former senior actuary at the Road Accident Fund (RAF) has delivered explosive testimony to Parliament. He described a controversial accounting change as an “accounting sleight of hand.” Management designed this to mask the fund’s actual insolvency and mislead the...
A new report from the community-led monitoring group Ritshidze has exposed a “system-wide slide” in basic service delivery at South Africa’s public clinics. The report states this sharp decline, marked by critical staff shortages and failing patient...
Sunshine Hospital, a 200-bed private medical facility, has been forced into permanent closure due to financial insolvency. The closure was due to more than R300 million in unpaid, adjudicated claims from the Road Accident Fund (RAF). The details of the...
The global fight against malaria has stalled after two decades of significant progress. Campaigners warned yesterday that a “perfect storm” of climate change, population growth, and funding gaps threatens a deadly resurgence. A new report by the African...
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) paid R231.7 million in bonuses during a financial year. These Road Accident Fund bonuses came under scrutiny when, during the same year, the RAF received an adverse audit opinion from the Auditor-General of South Africa, as Parliament...
