Summary: Motor vehicle accident ─ death of breadwinner ─ claim against RAF ─ deductibility of child care grants from the damages awarded. Held ─ child support grants are directly linked to the death of the deceased and deductible from final award.

Order:

On appeal from: The Eastern Cape High Court, Port Elizabeth (Liebenberg J sitting as court of first instance).

The following order is made:

1. The appeal is upheld.

2. The order made by the court below is set aside and replaced with an order in the following terms:

'There shall be judgment for the plaintiff as follows:

(a) In her capacity as mother and natural guardian of Siphokazi, payment of the amount of R136 594.40.

(b) In her capacity as mother and natural guardian of Zandile, payment of the amount of R166 386.05.

(c) In her personal capacity, payment of the amount of R324 586.60.'