Tshepo Lucky Montana was the chief executive officer of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) between 2010 and 2015.
Montana entered the public transport sector in the 1990s and was appointed to the board of Prasa's predecessor, the South African Rail Commuter Corporation (SARCC), in 2005; he later became the chief executive officer (CEO) at SARCC.
[2] Later that year, the Mail & Guardian reported that he was also a frontrunner for appointment as CEO of Trasnet,[3] although he ultimately remained at Prasa until 2015.
In April 2015, Prasa announced that Montana had expressed his intention to step down as CEO when his contracted expired at the end of March 2016.
[5][6][7][8][9] In June 2022, the Zondo Commission, established to investigate allegations of state capture in the South African government, recommended that the Hawks should expedite its investigations into allegations that Montana was responsible for criminal misconduct while at Prasa; it also recommended that the National Prosecuting Authority should give "serious consideration" to the prospect of prosecuting Montana and that a special commission of inquiry should be established to investigate Prasa's "slide into almost total ruin" during and after Montana's tenure.