HIV, foot-and-mouth disease receive funding - but RAF gets none
South Africa's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement allocates funding for HIV/AIDS and foot-and-mouth disease but provides no relief for the Road Accident Fund. The fund currently faces massive liabilities exceeding R400 billion.
Why it matters
The exclusion of the Road Accident Fund from the budget highlights ongoing fiscal challenges and potential instability in state-managed insurance systems.
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana tabled the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament, Cape Town.
While Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana allocated R1.1 billion towards HIV-Aids and food and mouth disease pressures, no allocation was made to the Road Accident Fund despite being saddled with R449 billion in outstanding claims.
This emerged when Godongwana tabled the 2026 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on Wednesday.
Godongwana said R556.7 million will be reprioritised over the next three years to sustain HIV-Aids programmes following the withdrawal of the US’ President’s Emergency Plan for Aid Relief funding.
He said the allocation will supplement the R3.8 billion reprioritised through the district health programmes grant.
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