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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) employees Martha Ngoye and Tiro Holele have denied allegations that they were at the heart of a corrupt multi-billion rand deal for the procurement of locomotives.<\/p>\n

Prasa\u2019s former chief executive Lucky Montana previously made lengthy submissions to the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture that Ngoye and Holele were to blame for the R3.5 billion Swifambo contract.<\/p>\n

In the 2013 deal, Swifambo Rails was awarded the R3.5 billion tender for the procurement of locomotives. Prasa paid R2.6 billion of the contract, but only 13 of 88 locomotives were delivered and they were too tall for local infrastructure.<\/p>\n

This deal remains one of the most explosive deals to come out of Montana\u2019s tenure as group chief executive.<\/p>\n

He denied approving the Swifambo deal and told the commission that the board approved it upon recommendation from the Bid Adjudication Committee on which he alleged Holele and Ngoye sat on.<\/p>\n

However, Holele and Ngoye yesterday told the commission that they were never part of any such meeting and that the \u201cso-called\u201d minutes of the meeting, placing them there, were fabricated.<\/p>\n

Both Ngoye and Holele claimed Montana lied to the commission about his alleged disciplinary actions against them; his lack of signing powers on deals of more than R100 million and their alleged involvement in the corrupt contracts.<\/p>\n

Holele said Montana had a \u201cdictatorial approach to leadership\u201d that was borderline paranoia. He said Montana was one of the many leaders who bullied employees if they did not follow his shady instructions.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople at the top of the command chain do this. They did it during apartheid and they are doing it right into democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say no, I’m not involved in procurement at my level. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, they commandeer the very process. They threaten employees, they bully them, they demote them, they fire them, they send a message to the system that says if you don’t do what I communicate privately that I need to be done, the fate that has befallen these deviant ones is going to befall you.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then they don’t leave their fingerprints at the crime scene, and they will come here and proudly say at my level, I’m not involved in procurement,\u201d Holele said.<\/p>\n

Montana claimed that there was no way he could have approved the lucrative locomotive deal as his signing powers were limited to only approving matters below R100 million.<\/p>\n

However, Ngoye presented a memo dated a year after the Swifambo deal was signed, showing Montana\u2019s signature of approval on a sale of purchase agreement amounting to R335 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis did not even go to the board but Montana approved it. It is way above his delegated authority of R100 million yet he told the commission that he doesn\u2019t do such things but here is an example,\u201d Ngoye said.<\/p>\n

She raised serious concerns about other aspects of Montana\u2019s evidence, saying that in some cases, it triggered her to contact the lead independent member of the board and the company secretary to verify his allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company secretary says no that never happened and no that is not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not fair, chairperson. I don\u2019t come to the commission to lie,\u201d she told Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.<\/p>\n

[email protected]<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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