Several MPs call for RAF board members to be fired

CAPE TOWN - Several members of Parliament (MPs) in the transport committee have on Tuesday called for the board of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to be fired.

With the board having converted CEO Collins Letsoalo’s earlier special leave to a suspension on Monday night, members of Parliament (MPs) say it appears the board is creating more chaos at an already deeply troubled institution.

But deputy board chairperson Nomonde Mabuya-Moloele insists there’s no ulterior motive for Letsoalo’s suspension.

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The RAF’s board says it’s acted against the CEO for insubordination and a squabble over attendance at last week’s meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA).

But the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)’s Mwazi Blose wasn’t buying the explanation, saying it appeared the board was trying to build a case against the CEO.

"The entire entity of RAF is being put in jeopardy. It’s been put into disrepute by a board that doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing."

Rise Mzansi’s Makashule Gana was also circumspect, warning the board could face legal challenges over the suspension decision.

"If I hear correctly, he’s being suspended for not attending SCOPA, and that is the only basis for the suspension; that is very suspect."

The MK Party’s Lucky Montana was of the view that the board should be dissolved over its protracted battle with the Auditor General over accounting standards