"Muldergate" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Mulder + -gate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mulder|gate}} Mulder + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Muldergate
  1. A South African political scandal of the 1970s, in which Prime Minister B. J. Vorster, Dr. Connie Mulder (Minister of Information) and Dr. Eschel Rhoodie (Secretary of Department of Information) were implicated in plans to use government resources to fight a propaganda war for its then Apartheid Government. Wikipedia link: Muldergate
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