The RAF provides personal injury and, when applicable, death compensation to those injured in motor vehicle accidents, provided the accidents weren’t caused solely by them. The person responsible for the accident is also, in terms of the RAF legislation, indemnified against any claims for compensation for bodily injury (save for so-called “emotional shock” claims).
South African medical law stipulates that the injury suffered must be due to the direct result of the medical practitioner’s actions or lack thereof. In the case where the medical practitioner followed the correct procedure and the patient suffered from unfavourable consequences, medical negligence cannot be claimed.