Parliament, Wednesday, 3 June 2026 – The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) today resolved to request the Secretary to Parliament to lay a criminal charge against Mr Collins Letsoalo, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Road Accident Fund (RAF).
This is for failing to appear before the committee in response to a summons issued by the committee in November 2025, during its enquiry into the RAF.
Although the committee had already resolved to lay a criminal charge, it nonetheless requested the Speaker’s concurrence to proceed. The Speaker has now responded to the committee saying her concurrence is not required by the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act (PPIPPLA). She further advised that should the committee still wish to proceed with laying criminal charges, it should request the Secretary to Parliament to lay the charge on its behalf.
The committee, in light of the Speaker’s letter, resolved once more to proceed and lay criminal charges by a vote of eight in favour and three against.
Section 17(1) of the PPIPPLA states:
"A person who has been duly summonsed in terms of section 14 and who fails, without sufficient cause, to attend at the time and place specified in the summons, commits an offence and is liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, or to both the fine and the imprisonment."
The Chairperson of the committee, Mr Songezo Zibi, will in due course communicate the committee’s resolution in writing to the Secretary to Parliament for immediate action.
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF SCOPA, MR SONGEZO ZIBI.
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