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The Citizen is a tabloid style newspaper that is distributed nationally in South Africa. A tabloid is a newspaper format particularly popular in the United Kingdom, which is roughly 231/2 by 143/4 inches (597 by 375 mm) per spread. ...
In 1978 the newspaper was at the centre of the Muldergate Scandal, so-named after Dr Connie Mulder, the Cabinet minister who was first implicated. Then-State President B.J. Vorster was ultimately also implicated in the use of a slush-fund to finance The Citizen, the only major English language newspaper that was favourable to the ruling party. Connie Mulder, born Cornelius Petrus Mulder (5th June 1925–1988), was a South African politican and minister. ... B. J. Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (December 13, 1915 - September 10, 1983), better known as John Vorster, was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, and President from 1978 to 1979. ...
Johannesburg is located in the eastern plateau area of SouthAfrica, known as the Highveld, at an elevation of 1753 metres.
Several newspapers and magazines have their offices in the city, as it is the transport and telecommunications centre for the country.
The suburbs to the south of the city are mainly lower-class residential suburbs along with some townships, although most suburbs in the South tend to be extremely large and undistinguished.
SouthAfrica continues to be subject to export controls for national security reasons, as well as to controls aimed at curbing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and missile technology.
SouthAfrica's agricultural sector is characterized by its dualistic nature of larger commercial farms operated by white farmers, and the small subsistence level and low technology farming of fl farmers, who have been long denied access to choice agricultural land.
South African exchange control regulations stipulate that payment of imports can only be effected by authorized banks against submission by their customers of documentary proof that the goods were imported into SouthAfrica as evidenced by invoices and shipping documents stamped by South African customs.
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