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Thembelihle Ngedle, a general worker from Katlehong, who was arrested for allegedly damaging property at his workplace, is planning to sue the state for R9m after the charges were dropped seven months later, reports News24.

The lengths the Road Accident Fund (RAF) was prepared to go in order to avoid settling claims with lawyers representing victims of car accidents were revealed in Parliament on Friday, when the SIU briefed Scopa as part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the fund’s governance failures, financial mismanagement, legal costs and allegations of corruption.

The Road Accident Fund must reimburse a woman for the laser treatment she received to her ‘horribly disfigured’ face after she was hit by a car while jogging in Hout Bay, reports IoL.

A father of four who was shot at close range by police with rubber bullets in the aftermath of a service delivery protest, which he did not partake in, is set to receive R250 000 in damages.

A woman who was arrested and detained for more than a month after asking for water at a neighbour’s home has been awarded R1.15m in damages by the Mpumalanga High Court.

Sunwest International, trading as Grand West Casino in Cape Town, is liable for the damages suffered by a four-year-old girl who was electrocuted by a live wire while clinging to the metal rail at the mini ice-skating rink.

The Justice for Miners (JFM) advocacy group of ex-mine workers affected by TB and silicosis has said about 23 000 miners paid by Tshiamiso Trust to date is a drop in the ocean compared to about 500 000 potential claimants across SA and neighbouring countries such as Lesotho, eSwatini, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

In a landmark case related to a woman who was paralysed in a car accident caused by a huge pothole in Brits, the North West High Court (Mahikeng) has awarded the nurse almost R27m in compensation to cover ongoing and future medical bills.

A woman who was struck in her right eye with a rubber bullet and had to have it surgically removed will be compensated to the tune of R2.2m by the Police Ministry, reports IoL.

A man who lost his right foot after attempting to board a train has had his claim for damages against the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) dismissed.

Former golfer Teagan Gauche – who said he was compelled to retire from professional golf in 2022 due to persistent physical limitations arising from a car accident – has claimed more than R17m from the Road Accident Fund (RAF).

The Mpumalanga MEC for Health has to pay a mother R540 000 in damages after her baby boy was born with cerebral palsy due to the negligence of the staff at a government hospital.

Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) Judge Jan Pretorius has blasted the Road Accident Fund (RAF) for its ‘chaotic approach to litigation’ which has resulted in huge losses of public money.

The Constitutional Court has thrown out an urgent application for direct access brought by a firm of attorneys in a bid to overturn a directive introducing mandatory mediation for civil trials at the Gauteng High Court, reports News24.

The Road Accident Fund's (RAF) decision to limit the use of a panel of attorneys has led to the entity paying out nearly R5bn in default claims because it did not have proper legal representation, reports News24.