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Delict [2025] ZAMPMHC 38

Mashilo v Road Accident Fund (164/24)

Mashilo v Road Accident Fund (164/24) [2025] ZAMPMHC 38 (12 August 2025)

The High Court admitted expert evidence on affidavit, awarded R440,758 for loss of future income, ordered a medical undertaking, and postponed general damages.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Loss Of Earning Capacity
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Expert Evidence On Affidavit
  • Jurisdiction General Damages
  • Road-accident-fund
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Delict [2025] ZAWCHC 324

Marais v Road Accident Fund (2540/2021)

Marais v Road Accident Fund (2540/2021) [2025] ZAWCHC 324 (30 July 2025)

The High Court held the RAF liable for disputed accident-related medical expenses and ordered an unrestricted section 17(4)(a) undertaking for future care.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Quantum Of Damages
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Prescribed Minimum Benefits
  • Statutory Undertaking
  • Hospital Plan Vs Medical Aid
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Delict [2025] ZAGPJHC 756

Chivambo v Road Accident Fund (2021/54368)

Chivambo v Road Accident Fund (2021/54368) [2025] ZAGPJHC 756 (29 July 2025)

High Court RAF quantum judgment awarding general damages and future medical expenses, but dismissing past and future loss of earnings for insufficient proof.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • General Damages
  • Loss Of Earning Capacity
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Road-accident-fund
  • General-damages
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Delict [2025] ZAGPPHC 754

Matyeni v Road Accident Fund (1744/2007)

Matyeni v Road Accident Fund (1744/2007) [2025] ZAGPPHC 754 (24 July 2025)

Default judgment in a RAF damages claim, awarding past and future loss of earnings, general damages, and an undertaking for future medical expenses.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Personal Injury
  • Loss Of Earning Capacity
  • General Damages
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Road-accident-fund
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Civil Procedure [2025] ZAGPPHC 723

Kgwale obo K.E.T v Road Accident Fund (4809/21)

Kgwale obo K.E.T v Road Accident Fund (4809/21) [2025] ZAGPPHC 723 (16 July 2025)

The High Court quantified the plaintiff’s loss of earnings after a severe motor vehicle accident, awarding R4,917,162 after an interim payment and confirming future medical cover.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Loss Of Earnings
  • General Damages
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Road-accident-fund
  • Loss-of-earnings
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Delict [2025] ZAGPPHC 716

Waleng v Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (25598/2017)

Waleng v Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (25598/2017) [2025] ZAGPPHC 716 (15 July 2025)

Court awarded damages for a proven leg injury only, rejecting claimed head and shoulder injuries for lack of reliable causal proof.

  • Personal Injury
  • Quantum Of Damages
  • Causation
  • Expert Evidence
  • Loss Of Earnings
  • Future Medical Expenses
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Delict [2025] ZANWHC 111

Jack v Minister of Police and Another (1186/2022)

Jack v Minister of Police and Another (1186/2022) [2025] ZANWHC 111 (2 July 2025)

A high court awarded damages to a woman shot in the right eye by a rubber bullet, resulting in permanent blindness, disfigurement, and future care needs.

  • Personal Injury
  • Quantification Of Damages
  • Loss Of Amenities
  • Loss Of Earnings
  • General Damages
  • Future Medical Expenses
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Civil Procedure [2025] ZAGPPHC 689

Mohaka v Road Accident Fund (28083/2011)

Mohaka v Road Accident Fund (28083/2011) [2025] ZAGPPHC 689 (1 July 2025)

The High Court awarded the plaintiff R101,318.25 for future loss of earnings and ordered the Road Accident Fund to issue a future medical undertaking.

  • Road Accident Fund
  • Loss Of Earnings
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Quantum Of Damages
  • Road-accident-fund
  • Loss-of-earnings
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Civil Procedure [2025] ZAFSHC 202

Stoffel v RAF (301/2019)

Stoffel v RAF (301/2019) [2025] ZAFSHC 202 (30 June 2025)

The court held the Road Accident Fund 100% liable for a minor passenger’s proven damages and awarded R3,839,957 for future loss of income.

  • Road Accident Fund Act
  • Loss Of Income
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Contingency Deductions
  • Separation Of Issues
  • Quantum Of Damages
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Delict [2025] ZAECBHC 15

A.W obo M.U.W v Member of the Executive Council for Health, Eastern Cape (Quantum) (288/2019)

A.W obo M.U.W v Member of the Executive Council for Health, Eastern Cape (Quantum) (288/2019) [2025] ZAECBHC 15 (27 June 2025)

The court found that the defendant's reliance on an 'undertaking to pay' remedy, divorced from the public healthcare defence and unsupported by a properly pleaded case or factual evidence, was untenable. The defendant failed to demonstrate why the common law should be developed in the present circumstances to permit such a remedy, nor did she provide evidence that the agreed private healthcare costs were unreasonable. The court emphasized that development of the common law in this area requires a case-specific factual foundation and cannot be applied automatically from previous judgments. The…

  • Medical Negligence
  • Future Medical Expenses
  • Once And For All Rule
  • Constitutional Development Of Common Law
  • State Liability
  • Undertaking To Pay
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