If you’d imagined the simmering civil war within the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) ended when Lucky Montana quit as CEO, think again.Prasa, which is overseeing a R250bn “modernisation programme” for its ageing train network, has become a symbol of SA’s catastrophic state-owned companies, racked by financial scandals and operational bungles. But with such big tender cash up for grabs, it’s no surprise that the battle for Prasa has escalated to dangerous new heights.Montana’s nemesis, chairman Popo Molefe, has locked horns with a company called Siyangena Technologies, which says it is owed more than R1.25bn by Prasa.Siyangena was hired during Montana’s tenure to provide security at Prasa’s train stations. In all, Siyangena has R4bn in contracts with Prasa — lucrative tenders which Molefe now wants set aside.As the mood soured, Prasa locked Siyangena out of its stations on May 17 without warning and went to court to have the contracts declared null and void.Prasa is now fighting ...
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