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Zondo commission – Remove biased evidence leader, Montana asks Zondo Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by 12th May 2021 Former Prasa CE...

Gallo Images / Sowetan / Esa Alexander Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said he never used Prasa funds to buy himself properties. He said there were only four properties that entered and exited his portfolio during his time at Prasa. He insisted his property-related dealings with businessman Riaan van der Walt were not aimed at benefitting Siyangena Technologies. Former Passenger Rail Agency South Africa (Prasa) group CEO Lucky Montana took to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Captu...

Monday 10 May 2021 - 2:08pm Former Prasa CEO, Lucky Montana is back at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry. * Editors note: This live event has ended. You may watch a recording above. At his last appearance, Montana insisted the Gupta brothers were never involved with the passenger rail agency. He also denied abusing his authority. The former CEO accused former board chairperson, Popo Molefe of tweaking facts to make Prasa look like a failed organisation. Sourc...

The former chief executive of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Lucky Montana returned to the State Capture Inquiry on Monday to answer questions about his property transactions. But at the end of the day, his testimony was described as “running around in circles”.  Montana told the inquiry that he “rejects with contempt” suggestions that he used Prasa money to buy property through his property development partner.  Previous testimony before the inquiry alleged that Mo...

Montana accuses OSullivan of threatening people filing affidavits against him Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said that all this was done to paint him as a corrupt man. A screengrab of former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana appearing at the state capture inquiry on 16 April 2021. Picture: SABC/YouTube 16 days ago JOHANNESBURG -Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said that some of the people who had deposed affidavits abou...

Gallo Images / Sowetan / Esa Alexander Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said President Cyril Ramaphosas evidence before the commission was a missed opportunity to clear up misconceptions. He said the appointment of Swifambo Rail Leasing by Prasa was never a corrupt contract. Montana challenged the commission to get members of Prasas bid adjudication commission to testify under oath. Former Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) group CEO Lucky Montana held little back when he criticised President ...

Image: Esa Alexander Former Prasa chief executive Lucky Montana has defended his alleged reign of terror and firing of executives while at the helm of the passenger rail agency, saying they were insubordinate and worked against him. Montana returned to the stand at the Zondo commission where his firing of group executive for legal Martha Ngoye in 2015 was addressed. Montana is accused of having led the collapse of corporate governance and maladministration and purged dissenting offici...