THE Gauteng provincial government is still consulting with its lawyers on whether to pursue a civil claim or criminal charges against disgraced department of finance head Stuart Lumka.Mr Lumka was dismissed on Tuesday following a forensic investigation by auditing firm EY last year that found that he authorised more than R40m in payments to Shimo, a company that had never been contracted to do work for the government. Mr Lumka has been on special leave since May 2014.Gauteng provincial spokesman Thabo Masebe told BDlive on Tuesday that the provincial government would have to consult with its "legal advisers and they have to give an opinion on whether there is a need to take further action through civil action or given the severity of the misconduct — in terms of the Public Finance Management Act — lay criminal charges".Mr Masebe clarified that the provincial government had a contract with software developer Novelle. It was determined by the Gauteng Shared Service Centre that a local...
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