Legal Articles and Guides
Mbalula extends drivers' licences renewal period
The grace period for licence renewals has once again been extended, with 1.2m motorists in possession of expired licences yet to renew them.
Driving licence renewal ‘crisis’ looms
The end of the grace period for renewing learner’s licences, driving licence cards, temporary driving licences, and professional driving permits (PrdPs) that expired between March and December last year is looming.
Policeman awarded R2m in RAF claim
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been ordered to pay a police officer R2m in damages and income loss, after a car crash left him confined to an office, doing administrative work, 17 years ago.
Minister taken aback by RAF-linked assets attachment
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is furious about the surprise attachment of assets from the department's offices by the Sheriff of the Court, according to a News24 report.
SARS pursuit of motorist blunted by SCA
It’s official: owners of imported vehicles sporting Lesotho, Botswana and eSwatini number plates can drive freely and unhindered on SA roads. This after the SCA threw out an appeal by SARS against an earlier judgment in the Free State High Court, brought by a Ficksburg resident whose vehicle was impounded by customs officials in 2019.
Outa to challenge Aarto demerit system in court
The Pretoria taxi industry and the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) have rejected the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act demerit system expected to kick in on 1 July.
Claimants testing new RAF directive
A group of frustrated claimants are taking on Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and the Road Accident Fund (RAF) over a new directive changing the rules under which victims file accident claims.
RAF, lawyers at odds over claims stipulation
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) will no longer accept claims without a list of required documents such as accident reports, according to legal writer Zelda Venter in a Pretoria News report.
Will lifeline save RAF from collapse?
The maladministration, corruption and sheer recalcitrance on the part of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to compensate the very victims it was established to assist is a bitter pill to swallow.
SCA overturns ‘faulty’ vehicle refund ruling
Ticking and hissing noises inside the car and a Bluetooth system which does not perform optimally when the vehicle travelled beyond 70km an hour are not defects enough to render the vehicle dysfunctional.
Time to replace RAF's lump sum payments
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is technically insolvent. Efforts have been made to replace the current system that has been branded as ‘unworkable, unsustainable and corrupt’ with a no-fault based scheme, where compensation would be disbursed monthly to the road accident victims.
RAF wins reprieve to avoid 'implosion'
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has slipped into deep financial trouble, revealing the possibility of its ‘imminent implosion’ in an application to suspend all writs of execution granted against it, as well as settlements it has already reached with claimants – be it court orders or settlements – for a period of 180 days.
RAF ordered to pay quadriplegic accident victim R11m
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been ordered to pay an accident victim, now a quadriplegic, R11.5m by Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Acting Judge Anthony Millar, who described the circumstances in which Henri Lombard now found himself in as ‘an immensely tragic matter’.
R2.3m for assault by crooked traffic officers
A motorist who was assaulted when he took pictures of traffic officials accepting bribes next to the N1 will get R2.3m compensation.
RAF damages claim ‘devoid of truth’
A driver’s overtaking manoeuvre in June 2016 came under scrutiny in the Eastern Cape High Court (Mthatha), where his damages claim failed so dismally that it was found devoid of merit.
