Is the Road Accident Fund worthy of public money or just pushing up the petrol price? The AA and RAF disagree

In this episode of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, both the RAF and the AA were represented in a discussion about the fund, including whether the levy that goes to the RAF is optimally used.
The CEO of the RAF, Collins Letsoalo, argued that the portion of the levy that goes to the RAF is not a dominant driver of the cost of fuel in SA. He cited externalities such as geopolitical factors in Europe and the strength of the rand in relation to the dollar pricing of oil as bigger cost drivers. The AA's Layton Beard agreed but argued that, nevertheless, just as a reduction in the general fuel levy mitigated against externalities in recent months, so too one should not minimise what a lower RAF levy could mean for consumers. 
The biggest disagreement between these interlocutors, however, was in relation to the management and running of the RAF. The AA believes urgent private sector expertise is needed to improve the performance of the RAF. The RAF criticised the AA's view as one that assumes the private sector is a “panacea” for all ills. 
There was also a discussion between the AA and the RAF about whether state-owned entities do enough to drive down fatalities on the roads. While both sides agree South Africans are insufficiently law-abiding, there was vigorous disagreement about the extent to which human behaviour, rather than the state of the country's roads, account for accidents.