Gauteng finance boss sacked, may face criminal charges

05 May 2015 - 16:14
By Olebogeng Molatlhwa

Gauteng finance head Stuart Lumka has been fired for alleged financial misconduct for entering into numerous contracts without authorisation. These include: • Paying R48.8 million to Shimo IT Solutions when the Gauteng Department of Finance had no legal obligation to do so. Lumka also accepted liability in favour of Novell Ireland Software Limited and Shimo without authorisation and • That he incurred and/or caused the GDF to incur irregular expenditure of R2.

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