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South Africa's special tribunal has ordered German multinational company SAP to pay back 500m rand ($26m; £20m) that the firm reportedly earned through corrupt contracts.
The country's anti-corruption body says that the contracts - signed between SAP and public power company Eskom - did not comply with public finance management laws, resulting in "fruitless and wasteful expenditures" for Eskom. South Africa has welcomed the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The two contracts were entered between 2013 and 2016 and were valued at $58m. In a vote on Monday, the council urged a ceasefire for the rest of the month of Ramadan - which ends in two weeks.
The payment order follows a settlement agreement between SAP and the anti-corruption agency Special Investigating Unit (SIU). South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor in a statement said her country was "pleased" with the resolution but called for a "lasting sustainable ceasefire".
The Special Tribunal last week upheld the settlement and termed the contracts "constitutionally invalid". "It is now the responsibility of the United Nations Security Council to ensure that there is compliance with the resolution, which is binding on the parties," Ms Pandor added.
SIU said on Monday that the payment was part of efforts "to recover financial losses suffered by state institutions due to negligence or corruption". The resolution, which also called for the release of all hostages, followed several failed attempts at similar measures since the 7 October attacks.
"The settlement agreement does not absolve SAP or any implicated party from possible prosecution." It is the first time the council has called for a ceasefire since the war began.
SAP is required to remit the payment to SIU within seven days. The US abstained in the vote, while the remaining 14 members voted in favour.
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It allegedly paid millions in fees to consultants in South Africa, despite no work being performed, and funded trips to New York for government officials, including golf outings.
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