Johannesburg - A High Court judge has criticised criteria used to determine Road Accident Fund (RAF) payout amounts for widows, the Saturday Star reported.
"Perhaps the time has come to jettison these patently sexist, insensitive and baseless criteria," said acting Judge JL Manamela in handing down his ruling in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
The judgment related to a case in which a widow, aged 37, had claimed damages from the RAF, following a motorcycle accident in 2011, in which her husband, Robin had died.