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The Free State health department is recalling over a million condoms delivered for the ANC's centenary celebrations, over concerns they may be sub-standard, City Press reported on Sunday.

Although they still had to be tested in a laboratory, the department decided to withdraw them, provincial health department spokesman Jabu Mbalula was quoted as saying.

According to a Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) member the department ordered 8700 boxes of condoms.

“People would claim that the condoms burst. When we investigated the complaints it turned out the condoms are porous,” Sello Mokhalipi, who works for the TAC and Free State HIV/Aids, told the paper.

The boxes of Choice government condoms, which bore the SA Bureau of Standards stamp, were delivered to guesthouses, hotels, bars, and restaurants ahead of the ANC's centenary celebrations held from January 06 to 08.

According to Mbalula they were ordered from the national health department. - Sapa

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giggling furiously, wrote

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02:03pm on 31 January 2012
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sounds perfect ...dont forget they'll be giving out free garlic and beetroot as well.. & maybe a voucher for a free shower :-)

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giggling furiously, wrote

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02:00pm on 31 January 2012
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sounds perfect ...dont forget they'll be giving out free garlic and beetroot as well.. & maybe a voucher for a free shower :-)

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Anonymous, wrote

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12:42pm on 31 January 2012
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bugger the DA youth poster promoting sexual promiscuousity, THIS is CLEARLY promoting sexual promiscuousity! Where's all the bigmouths now?

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Tony Fisher, wrote

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12:19pm on 31 January 2012
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When a country loses it's moral values it is but a pointer to abject failure for the future - just look at history and even more important read the Old Testament for confirmation of this.

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Embarrassed, wrote

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12:07pm on 31 January 2012
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Who made the money from this little "tender" (know what I mean?)??

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Anonymous, wrote

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08:35am on 31 January 2012
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Now you have to ask: did the ANC order the condoms for the celebrations? If so, all of you are paying for this orgy. Your tax money is going to be shagged away! Ha! Ha! What else can they come up with? Diet water!?

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Laughing, wrote

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06:55am on 31 January 2012
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Now wouldn't it be great if we could RE-CALL the entire ANC for being sub-standard and porous.

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Karen, wrote

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03:18pm on 30 January 2012
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HAHAHA!!! The ANC sending a very clear message to their supporters of the kind of service delivery they can expect from the party they support. HAHAHAH very funny!!!

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Ish, wrote

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12:36pm on 30 January 2012
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Just give them some lifebuoy soap and they will all be just fine

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Ringmaster, wrote

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12:37pm on 30 January 2012
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Hade in South Africa or imported?

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Lionel, wrote

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12:01pm on 30 January 2012
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What a horny lot ANC members and supporters are. Cannot even arrange and attend a celebration or function without having shagging on the brain. Looks like when in government self enrichment and shagging have something in common, plenty of both, and look no further than the president, as a prime example.

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Justin, wrote

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11:22am on 30 January 2012
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Tenderpreneuring? Who holds the consession for condom supplies in ZA? Ironic that defective rubbers come from the department of health, the department responsible for all those HIV transmission cases it fails to prevent because of these dud joeys. Get it right. Incompetence is killing us, literally.

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Anonymous, wrote

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09:45am on 30 January 2012
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ANC condoms sub-standard. I couldn't think of a more appropriate simile.

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Comrade LoL, wrote

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08:30am on 30 January 2012
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A lot of Comrade Centenary's will be born in September.

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Anonymous, wrote

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11:18pm on 29 January 2012
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How can a condom which has not been tested bear the SABS stamp?

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Mastodon, wrote

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05:48pm on 29 January 2012
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But more point is why are they distributing condoms? Are they planning a mass orgy in a stadium somewhere?

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Viv, wrote

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05:38pm on 29 January 2012
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Would shower caps not have been more appropriate?

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paul prinsloo, wrote

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03:44pm on 29 January 2012
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Did condoms replace koeksisters at rallies? The koeksister might induce a desire for fornication in some, being all twisted and twined into a hormone emitting unity with even some colour distinction depending on the various recipes used. It might have resulted in babies as future voting fodder, but as far as I know, has not resulted in AIDS<

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