PROPERTY PRESERVATION: Unlucky Montana faces asset freeze as SIU traces Prasa money trail
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This comes after the SIU had obtained evidence that the properties were bankrolled by a Prasa contractor, one that had secured contracts from the public rail operator worth more than R5-billion during Montana’s time in charge of the state-owned entity (SOE). The SIU’s latest move against Montana comes 11 years after this journalist first detailed questionable property transactions linking him to the contractor and the firm’s lawyer. Investigations published from 2015 to as recently as this year unpacked suspicious cash flows and property dealings that tied Montana to Siyangena Technologies and various entities and individuals associated with the Gauteng-based firm.
- ▪This comes after the SIU had obtained evidence that the properties were bankrolled by a Prasa contractor, one that had secured contracts from the public rail operator worth more than R5-billion during Montana’s time in charge of the state-o
- ▪The SIU’s latest move against Montana comes 11 years after this journalist first detailed questionable property transactions linking him to the contractor and the firm’s lawyer.
- ▪Investigations published from 2015 to as recently as this year unpacked suspicious cash flows and property dealings that tied Montana to Siyangena Technologies and various entities and individuals associated with the Gauteng-based firm.
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PROPERTY PRESERVATION Unlucky Montana faces asset freeze as SIU traces Prasa money trail Eleven years after this journalist first exposed dodgy property dealings involving Lucky Montana, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is finally moving to claw back assets that the former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) boss allegedly acquired through corruption. By Pieter-Louis Myburgh 27 Jul 2026 Illustrative image: Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana. (Photo: Gallo Images / City Press / Leon Sadiki) | TMM Holdings’ Mario Ferreira.
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