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The State Capture Inquiry hears Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) related evidence from the former Group Chief Executive Officer Lucky Montana.
Montana spared none of his critics in shrugging off allegations that he used money siphoned from Prasa deals in the purchase of numerous of his properties.
Defiant and proclaiming himself as a “Black Jew”, Montana spoke out against independent investigator Paul O’Sullivan, investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh and Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture investigator Clint Oellermann during his appearance before the commission on Monday.
In his testimony last year before Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, Oellermann said Montana would view properties, meet estate agents, sign an offer to buy and then request the offer to purchase be changed to be in the name of Precise Trade, owned by lawyer Riaan van der Walt.
He rejected as untrue Oellermann’s allegations that while he was Prasa boss he spent R36 million purchasing seven properties.
Montana’s multimillion-rand properties included homes in Waterkloof, Saxonwold, Mamelodi, Hurlingham and Brooklyn.
Montana said: “I neither drink, smoke nor throw parties, I spend my spare time on property activities. Call me a Black Jew when it comes to property.
“My property deals were no gratuity from Siyangena for having won Prasa deals. They did not purchase any property for me in return for any contracts awarded.”
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