Dismissed Prasa CEO Lucky Montana, says he will have Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report reviewed in court.<\/p>\n
Montana has been widely implicated in Public Protector Thuli Madonsela\u2019s report on maladministration at the Passenger Rail Agency South Africa (Prasa).<\/p>\n
He told various radio stations on Tuesday that the report contains inaccuracies, adding that Madonsela has violated his rights and human dignity.<\/p>\n
In 2012, the SA Transport and Allied Workers union reported allegations of corruption and tender irregularities at Prasa to the public protector.<\/p>\n
According to the report the complaints were principally levelled against Prasa management and Montana.<\/p>\n
Allegations included financial mismanagement, procurement irregularities, unmanaged conflict of interest, nepotism\/cronyism\/corruption, irregular appointments and maladministration.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 17 tenders and contracts collectively exceeding R2.8bn were specifically identified by the Complainant for investigation of supply chain irregularities, including non-competitive processes, cronyism, scope creep, cost overruns, overpayment and fruitless and wasteful expenditure,\u201d Madonsela said at the beginning of her report released on Monday.<\/p>\n
Madonsela said she held numerous meetings with Montana and his lawyers which were chronologically outlined in the report titled \u201cDerailed\u201d.<\/p>\n
The report directly implicates Montana on 8 charges:<\/p>\n
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