The confession to US authorities by German software giant SAP of its corrupt activities in SA has laid bare the extent of the impunity its officials enjoyed as they bribed their way to lucrative state contracts in one of SA’s biggest post-apartheid scandals.

The German-based software company will pay more than R4bn to settle corruption and bribery charges involving government officials about the world, including in SA...

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