Cape Argus reports that on Friday, the North Gauteng High Court denied suspended Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo's application for leave to appeal his failed reinstatement bid.

Letsoalo had applied for leave to appeal against the judgment issued by the court at the end of June, in which it turned down his bid for his suspension to be lifted. In a scathing judgment at the time, Judge Nasious Moshoana said Letsoalo's application was vexatious.   Letsoalo’s fixed-term contract expires on Wednesday, and he had sought to lift his suspension based on the assertion that he had been promised reappointed for a second term. But, the board denied this. A point taken by Judge Moshoana was that time will have run out for Letsoalo by Wednesday when he will no longer head the RAF, so the appeal will then be moot. The judge said accepting that the rights which Letsoalo was seeking to protect and enforce were contractual in nature. Once the contract expired, those rights would be unenforceable in law. The judge added that even if the appeal succeeded, the relief Letsoalo was seeking would not yield practical results to him. In addressing the 38 points in which Letsoalo claimed errors had been made, Judge Moshoana commented that all Letsoalo had done was to try and reargue the matter. Not one of these points held any water, he found.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Zelda Venter at Cape Argus

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