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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa chief executive Lucky Montana has torn apart Popo Molefe\u2019s affidavit, claiming it distorted facts and was misleading to the state capture commission.<\/p>\n

Montana has been addressing accusations and statements made in former Prasa board chairperson, Molefe\u2019s affidavit.<\/p>\n

He has not only accused Molefe of \u201cplaying politics\u201d but also claimed Molefe inflated Prasa\u2019s irregular expenditure to create work for Werksmans Attorneys.<\/p>\n

Werksmans\u2019 legal representation has already made the commission aware that it made an application to cross-examine Montana.<\/p>\n

Testifying at the Zondo Commission, Montana also denied there was billions of rand in irregular expenditure during his time at the rail agency.<\/p>\n

He said that Prasa had unqualified audit opinions for all the years he was there.<\/p>\n

He said Molefe manufactured facts to make Prasa look like it was dysfunctional when it was not.<\/p>\n

While testifying, Montana also said that the Gupta family and former president Jacob Zuma\u2019s son, Duduzane, attempted to manipulate Prasa\u2019s rolling stock programme \u201cbut I stopped them\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the Guptas hoped to garner favour because of their closeness with the former president, but Montana refused to help them with \u201cillegal things\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said you cannot extort money in our names. I said you cannot tell people outside the country that you are working for us and you are working for President Zuma.<\/p>\n

\u201cTony Gupta and Duduzane Zuma were there \u2026 and I said if you guys go out of the country and you want money from these companies and you claim to work for the president, I am going to fight that and I will convey that to the president \u2013 and I did that,\u201d Montana said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa chief executive Lucky Montana has torn apart Popo Molefe\u2019s affidavit, claiming it distorted facts and was misleading to the state capture commission. Montana has been addressing accusations and statements made in former Prasa board chairperson, Molefe\u2019s affidavit. 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