Numsa to down tools at Road Accident Fund
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it plans to shut down all Road Accident Fund offices on Thursday.
The union, which will be protesting outside the National Department of Transport's offices in Pretoria, is demanding the removal of the fund's CEO Collins Letsoalo.
Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says Letsoalo is single-handedly destroying the fund.
She believes that no one is willing to hold him accountable for his behaviour.
"The RAF is being grossly mismanaged by Letsoalo, who behaves like a law unto himself. Even now, the failure of the RAF to pay out claimants on time means that the assets of the institution are routinely attached by court sheriffs so that they can be sold in order to pay the monies owed.
"As a result, desks, chairs and office equipment are attached. Workers sit on boxes or on the floor when doing their work because there are no desks or chairs. As recently as two weeks ago, a sheriff of the court attached items at the RAF offices in East London."
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