Editor says axed Prasa CEO tossed brick at reporter
07 August 2015 - 10:03
Beeld editor Adriaan Basson tweeted on Thursday that the former CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) tried to assault a journalist. Breaking: axed Prasa CEO Lucky Montana attempts to assault journalist @PLMyburgh with brick outside new Pta mansion. https://t.co/0NQUOxY3uj— Adriaan Basson (@AdriaanBasson) August 6, 2015asyncThe journalist‚ Pieter-Louis Myburgh‚ broke the story of Prasa's acquisition of locomotives that did not meet the ideal criteria for South Africa's rail network.Basson quoted Rapport editor Waldimar Pesler saying: "Rapport is going to the police after Lucky Montana threw a brick at our reporter PLMyburgh in the street outside his Tshwane home."No confirmation of the incident has yet been obtained...
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