BL Premium reports that Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo continued last week with his legal bid to have his suspension lifted, even though his term comes to an end on Wednesday.

Pretoria High Court Judge Graham Moshoana dismissed Letsoalo’s application submitted in June to have his suspension in May overturned. Letsoalo then filed a scathing application for leave to appeal, accusing the judge of being “biased”, and this was heard in the High Court last Thursday. RAF lawyer Ernst van Graan, opposing the application, argued that the application for leave for appeal was legally unsustainable and should be dismissed with costs. He argued against the claim that the court was biased because it had quizzed Letsoalo’s case during the urgent application arguments. Moshoana, who has years of experience in labour legal cases, had asked Letsoalo’s counsel, Hlalele Molotsi, whether the fund’s disciplinary policy was applicable to the CEO. The urgent application was pinned on the policy, the legal requirements of which Molotsi argued the RAF board had not followed when it suspended Letsoalo. Moshoana described Letsoalo’s reliance on the policy as “bizarre” as Letsoalo had signed the policy and relied on it in disciplining staff. Molotsi, in the appeal, contended that the policy applied to his client. Letsoalo also accused Moshoana of raising issues that were not pleaded by the RAF in the legal battle. The fund wants the appeal to be dismissed with legal costs. The court reserved judgment.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sinesipho Schrieber at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)

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