JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's government has denied any links to a tainted Iraq oil-for-food programme and dismissed a U.N. report's suggestion that domestic companies may have paid bribes for oil.
A United Nations report, released last week, said some 2,200 companies worldwide made illicit payments totalling $1.8 billion to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government under the U.N. oil-for-food programme.
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