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Monday 10 May 2021 - 2:08pm Former Prasa CEO, Lucky Montana is back at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry. * Editor's 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. Source

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 Montana would view properties, and these would then be paid for by Riaan van der Walt through a compan...

Montana accuses O'Sullivan 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 about him told him that they were threatened with arrest by Paul O'Sullivan, who said that he was part ...

Gallo Images / Sowetan / Esa Alexander Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said President Cyril Ramaphosa's 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 Prasa's 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 Cyril Ramaphosa's appearance before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture last wee...

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 officials at Prasa during his tenure, leaving the agency in financial trouble. Ngoye has accused Montana o...