Lucky Montana denied in latest attempt to insert himself into Prasa-Swifambo case
Lucky Montana has lost another bid to have his say in a court case involving a multibillion-rand deal entered into by his former employer‚ the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa). Judge J Francis has in the past delivered a scathing assessment of Montana’s attempts to intervene in the case. "Lucky Montana has raised nothing new in his application for leave to appeal‚" Judge Francis ruled on Wednesday in the High Court in Johannesburg. "All of the issues he has raised were comprehensively dealt with in my judgment. I have reconsidered the matter and the arguments raised for and against … and I am not persuaded that there is a reasonable possibility that another court will come to a different conclusion to that reached by me." The judgment confirmed that the former Prasa CE could not join a legal battle between the state agency and Swifambo Rail Leasing. The application was dismissed with costs. In July‚ Judge Francis ruled that Swifambo’s R3.5bn locomotive supply contract with Prasa ...
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