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The legal bid by former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) board members to set aside findings of corruption against them by the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture is floundering.<\/p>\n
This week, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya refused to grant permission to sue retired chief justice Raymond Zondo, who chaired the inquiry.<\/p>\n
In terms of the Superior Courts Act, any party wishing to take legal action against a judge has to apply for consent from the Chief Justice or the relevant head of court prior to launching an application.<\/p>\n
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Lucky Montana: \u2018We were not involved in criminality\u2019 at Prasa
\nState capture scorecard: R500bn looted, zero assets recovered<\/p>\n
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana and board members Sfiso Buthelezi, Bridgette Gasa, Nkosinathi Khena and Mmatebogo Nkoenyane, who were all implicated in plundering at the state-owned entity by the commission, launched their review application in 2022.<\/p>\n
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However, it was only in April this year that they applied for permission. This was opposed by Zondo.<\/p>\n
In his submissions to the Chief Justice, he said the application was way out of time and therefore invalid and void.<\/p>\n
He wrote that the \u201conly solution to the dilemma\u201d was for the applicants to withdraw the review application and \u201ctender my costs in those proceedings\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Court rules #UniteBehind can be added to Prasa corruption case
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\nActivist group\u2019s seven-year push for accountability at Prasa<\/p>\n
Activist group #UniteBehind, which had been given judicial permission to join the proceedings as a respondent, also strongly opposed the last-minute bid for permission.<\/p>\n
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In a letter dated 12 May addressed to the applicants\u2019 attorneys, the Chief Justice noted that because they had applied for consent to sue Zondo after the launch of the application, \u201cthe request for a certification to launch legal proceedings against former Chief Justice Zondo is refused\u201d.<\/p>\n
The basis of the review application, which will now in all likelihood be withdrawn, was that they were not given an opportunity to counter the allegations made against them.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2026 GroundUp. This article was first published here.<\/p>\n
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