Compensation Fund spokesperson Hloni Mpaka said they have not formally rejected the claim, arguing that the alleged workplace accident has never been adequately confirmed in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA). The Fund says it requested medical records, a payslip from the time of the injury and a certified copy of his identity document on 28 February 2024. Mpaka said this was not consistent with the dates contained in the medical records it had received. The former employer, Wilander Steel, was registered with the Compensation Fund on 1 March 2005 before being transferred to the Rand Mutual Association in March 2015. The destruction of the records has left the Fund relying heavily on whatever documentation Moletsi can provide independently.