Definitions
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- noun slang, South Africa A government
official orpolitician who uses theirpowers andinfluence tosecure government tenders andcontracts .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's a better life ... for top notch ANC tenderpreneur comrades!!
News24 Top Stories 2010
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So, while some in the ANC leadership rail against the proliferation of tenderpreneurs, the ANC has become the tenderpreneur-in-chief.
Muti 2010
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ANC is looking to muzzle any reporting on their corruption and tenderpreneur dealings.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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The ANC, she said, had become a "tenderpreneur-in-chief".
IOL: News 2010
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The ANC, she said, had become a "tenderpreneur-in-chief".
IOL: News 2010
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So, while some in the ANC leadership rail against the proliferation of tenderpreneurs, the ANC has become the tenderpreneur-in-chief.
Muti 2010
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I suspect ... no wait I KNOW there is some tenderpreneur in JZ's magic box of tricks who is in bed with Putco ...
News24 Top Stories 2010
john commented on the word tenderpreneur
“A tenderpreneur is an insider pocketing millions from rigged government tenders for everything from air-conditioners to locomotives.”
The New York Times, The Black and the White of It, by Roger Cohen, June 28, 2010
June 29, 2010