This is money to pay for things that cost you money, for example:

• Hospital and medical accounts for treatment that you received since the date of the accident
• Hospital and medical accounts for treatment that you will need in the future (the RAF might undertake to ‘pay’ these costs in the future when you undergo medical treatment; you therefore pay up front and then claim from them)
• Wages/earnings that you already lost as a result of your injuries
• Wages/earnings that you will lose in the future as a result of your injuries
• Cost of someone to take care of you if you cannot do this yourself
• Financial support that you already lost because a breadwinner died
• Travelling expenses
• Financial support that you will lose in the future because a breadwinner is dead
• Funeral expenses (if the dependants of someone who died in a motor vehicle accident are claiming)

Damages for loss and support are limited to R228 430 per year, in respect of each deceased breadwinner, in the case of a claim for loss of support.

Damages for loss of income are limited to R228 430 per year.

This amount of damages paid for loss of support and loss of income is adjusted quarterly to keep up with inflation.