The Road Accident Fund: Just how much are we exposed?
The media has been full of the Road Accident Fund and the 1 August 2008 amendments to the Act, which affect every single one of us. According to the RAF, in 1990, road traffic accidents ranked ninth...
View ArticleShort-term insurance opportunities from the Road Accident Fund
Although the Road Accident Fund (RAF) was initially established to help South African motorists bear most of the costs resulting from road accident injuries or death, we saw a significant reduction in...
View ArticleRoad accident benefit scheme offers hope
Road accident benefit scheme offers hope for the future. The approval of Government’s proposed Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) – recently announced as the successor to the much-maligned Road...
View ArticleThe Assessment of Damages Act, No 9 of 1969
The legal basis for the entitlement of persons to claim from the Road Accident Fund (RAF) due to the death of or bodily injury to any other person is the existence of a legal duty of the deceased or...
View ArticleGoogle driverless car zero accident rate to shape motor industry
Google’s driverless car has now clocked more than 300 000 miles without a single accident whilst under the computer’s control, raising the possibility of a future of driverless vehicles. Should such...
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