Thousands of faulty condoms found dumped near South African school

Johannesburg - Tens of thousands of faulty unused condoms were found dumped near a primary school in South Africa's KwaZulu- Natal province, provincial officials said Wednesday. Residents of the Inanda area north of Durban discovered the condoms Tuesday - the second such find in around two months. The condoms appeared to be from the same batch as the around 100,000 condoms manufactured by KwaZulu-Natal-based Kohrs Medical found scattered around the area in mid-October. Officials from the province's health and environment ministry said arrests were imminent in the first dumping incident. In September the department of health was forced to recall 5 million condoms supplied by Zalatex after discovering they were faulty. In October came a second recall - this time for condoms manufactured by Kohrs. The companies are among several licensed to supply the state with condoms for free distribution as part of the government's HIV/AIDS prevention strategy. In the Zalatex case the condoms were approved for use after an official from the South Africa Bureau of Standards took a bribe. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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