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The Standing Committee on Public Accounts has voted to lay criminal charges against former Road Accident Fund CEO Collins Letsoalo for failing to appear after being summoned.

The committee took the decision by a vote of eight to three on Wednesday. Letsoalo had been summoned to appear on 25 and 26 November 2025 to answer questions about his time at the Road Accident Fund but did not attend.

Scopa chairperson Songezo Zibi said the former CEO’s absence amounted to a mockery of Parliament’s oversight role. Committee members noted that Letsoalo had received the summons through substituted service and had acknowledged it in correspondence from his lawyers.

The charges relate solely to his failure to appear. Background concerns raised during earlier hearings included changes to accounting standards at the fund and spending on legal disputes with the Auditor-General.

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