SCOPA Inquiry Into RAF

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) in South Africa has launched a critical inquiry into the financial affairs of the Road Accident Fund (RAF), following persistent allegations of maladministration, financial mismanagement, and wasteful expenditure.

Keep an eye on this page, which will provide an updated timeline of events detailing key developments, hearings, and resolutions for this significant parliamentary investigation.

The investigation aims to uncover the truth and ensure accountability in an entity crucial to supporting road accident victims nationwide.

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30 Nov 2025
Unqualified legal head costs fund millions

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27 Nov 2025
Scopa to Letsoalo: Enough is enough!

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27 Nov 2025
RAF accounting fantasy collapses as ASB receipts expose CFO’s testimony and corner Letsoalo

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27 Nov 2025
Scopa starts process to criminally charge former RAF CEO

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26 Nov 2025
Ex-RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo says he is shocked at MIA accusation

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26 Nov 2025
SCOPA Chairperson Songezo Zibi says if former RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo skips tomorrow’s hearing, Parliament will be compelled to take strong action against him.

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25 Nov 2025
ActionSA Demands Immediate Prosecution of Ex-RAF CEO Collins Letsoalo for Defying Parliamentary Summons

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24 Nov 2025
Axed Road Accident Fund staff await reviews after CEO’s exit

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24 Nov 2025
Media Statement: Scopa to Hear Testimony from Former RAF Board This Week

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24 Nov 2025
Scopa races against time to find Letsoalo!

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24 Nov 2025
Gert Nel - Padongelukfonds

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20 Nov 2025
Troubled RAF executives give themselves big performance bonuses

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20 Nov 2025
Former chief executive tells SCOPA the RAF switched accounting systems to stay afloat

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20 Nov 2025
After the Bell: It's nearly December, time to party like the Road Accident Fund

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17 Nov 2025
RAF Suspensions | Dysfunction within the entity: SCOPA's Songezo Zibi

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17 Nov 2025
TAKING THE RAMS BY THE HORNS | I blew it - The RAF way

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17 Nov 2025
Media Statement: SCOPA Enquiry into RAF Financial Matters to Hear from Executive and Senior Management

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17 Nov 2025
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) Enquiry into Road Accident Fund (RAF) Financial Matters to Hear from Executive and Senior Management

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17 Nov 2025
RAF interim board faces scrutiny amid executive suspensions and reform plans

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12 Nov 2025
SCOPA told RAF issued unlawful directives, defied court orders and drove wasteful spending

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9 Nov 2025
Four RAF executives suspended amid probe into R500bn liabilities and spending abuse

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5 Nov 2025
Whistle-blower reveals how RAF is rotten to core

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5 Nov 2025
Scopa puts RAF under the microscope

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5 Nov 2025
RAF CFO insists fund didn't err by switching to new accounting standard

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5 Nov 2025
SCOPA hammers RAF finance duo on policy switch and ballooning debt

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4 Nov 2025
RAF reports record R5.5bn in October claim payouts after 100 days in turnaround

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4 Nov 2025
Road Accident Fund accused of hiding billions amid crushing debt

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4 Nov 2025
Victims remain unpaid as mismanagement claims rocks RAF

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2 Nov 2025
RAF's R230bn scam the worst in history

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30 Oct 2025
Chaos marred RAF's direct claims strategy, says ex-manager

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30 Oct 2025
RAF continues to break the law while Creecy watches on - DA

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30 Oct 2025
NewsInside the RAF Scandal: Lavish Spending, Bucket Hats, and Billions in Debt While Crash Victims Wait

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27 Oct 2025
RAF management dismissed warnings as ‘negativity’ while claims crisis deepened

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27 Oct 2025
Parliament: Media Statement: SCOPA Continues Enquiry into Raf Financial Matters with Focus on Litigation

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23 Oct 2025
New RAF system vulnerable to fraud, Scopa committee told

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23 Oct 2025
A puzzle of debt: former RAF CFO questions rationale for accounting shift

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23 Oct 2025
RAF payouts to foreign nationals reach R239.4 million in six months

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23 Oct 2025
A House of Cards: Explosive Report Alleges RAF “Cheated the Books” to Hide Insolvency

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23 Oct 2025
RAF inquiry: Two years and almost R23bn in excess payments

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23 Oct 2025
‘Poets die syfers’, maar toe hy weier, word POF-aktuaris afgedank

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21 Oct 2025
Parliament hears how Benoni hospital shut down due to R300m it's owed by RAF

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21 Oct 2025
SCOPA inquiry into RAF to resume with focus on non-payment of service providers, liabilities

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20 Oct 2025
RAF pays the money: Over R17bn in six months

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20 Oct 2025
The R500bn Road Accident Fund accounting question nobody wants to answer

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20 Oct 2025
RAF pays out R694m to claimants in one day

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19 Oct 2025
SCOPA resolves that Collins Letsoalo appear before RAF enquiry

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14 Oct 2025
Personal security arranged for ex-RAF CEO Letsoalo despite no threats against him, SCOPA told

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13 Oct 2025
ActionSA Reveals RAF’s Shocking R500 Billion Liabilities Hole

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8 Oct 2025
RAF faces overhaul amid billions in backlog, decades-old claims

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8 Oct 2025
RAF’s deficit and audit failures deepen backlog crisis

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7 Oct 2025
Oversight inquiry into Road Accident Fund: 'We are here because there's a crisis'

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7 Oct 2025
SCOPA to begin enquiry into maladministration and misuse of public funds at Road Accident Fund

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7 Oct 2025
Oversight inquiry into Road Accident Fund: 'We are here because there's a crisis'

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7 Oct 2025
RAF inquiry begins as MPs hear how claims are processed and search for new CEO continues

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7 Oct 2025
RAF Inquiry: Hlengwa says bad driver behaviour contributing to fund's overdependence on government

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7 Oct 2025
Parliamentary inquiry into finances and governance at RAF to get underway

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7 Oct 2025
Minister Hlengwa Exposes Deep Issues at Road Accident Fund

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7 Oct 2025
RAF inquiry | SCOPA to probe fraud, corruption allegations

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7 Oct 2025
RAF inquiry | SCOPA to probe fraud, corruption allegations

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7 Oct 2025
SCOPA's Zibi says inquiry into RAF a bid to understand systemic problems at entity

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24 Sep 2025
Road Accident Fund sets out to clear R20 billion in outstanding claims - IOL

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24 Sep 2025
RAF resumes payment of billions every month - News24

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24 Sep 2025
RAF Commit to honour outstanding payments

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24 Sep 2025
RAF resumes payment of billions every month - News24

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22 Sep 2025
Scopa RAF inquiry to probe alleged corruption between judges and lawyers

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21 Sep 2025
Agency that makes R2.18 from every litre of petrol secretly used hack to push through dodgy contract

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19 Sep 2025
Scopa chairperson boosts personal security following police safety alert

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1 July 2025
RAF Under Fire: Parliament investigates financial mismanagement and delays

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1 July 2025
Media Statement
SCOPA Adopts Terms Of Reference For Inquiry Into Raf Financial Matters

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