EXPERTISE
forensic investigative services
The very nature of the administrative and labour law litigation frequently requires comprehensive investigative work. The Firm has over many years attended to, either through its own sources and/or through appropriate partnerships with well-qualified investigators to investigations as and when required by clients.
The investigative services of the Firm range between disciplinary matters across the entire spectrum of the public service, including information technology related investigative work, to commercial crime investigative services.
Furthermore, significant investigative work is done in respect of procurement matters, in particular relating to public procurement in terms of the Public Finance Management Act and the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, National Treasury Regulations and other relevant legislative frameworks.
Due to the nature and the background experience of the firm, our investigative services within the Local Government sphere often focusses on matters of management, budgetary processes and compliance, procurement and financial management. To this extent and as can be seen from our experience across many Municipalities across the country with particular emphasis on the investigation of:
- Irregular expenditure;
- Fruitless and Wasteful expenditure;
- Unauthorized expenditure; and
- Over-spending;
