Simon Nare
Parliament’s public spending watchdog has been unable to serve a subpoena on former Road Accident Fund (RAF) chief executive Collins Letsoalo ahead of his scheduled appearance.
Letsoalo is due to appear before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on 25 and 26 November to answer questions about governance and procurement failures at the technically insolvent state insurer.
He was initially asked to attend voluntarily, in line with other former and current RAF executives who have testified at the committee’s ongoing enquiry.
Letsoalo previously questioned SCOPA’s authority to conduct the oversight inquiry and indicated he was only prepared to appear before the Portfolio Committee on Transport.
After an exchange between committee chairperson Songezo Zibi and Letsoalo over a voluntary appearance, SCOPA resolved to summon him. But attempts to serve the subpoena have so far failed.
“The sheriff attempted to serve last week, but the house was uninhabitable
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