SOUTH African men are “too big” for standard condoms issued by the government, according to a national survey of prostitutes, The Sunday Times reported. “Most (prostitutes) complained that these things break because they come from the Far East and they’re too small for local men,” said researcher Ted Leggett, from the University of Natal. He said most of 350 prostitutes surveyed complained about the size and strength of the condoms. Government says the latest standard-issue local condoms are already larger than most. “Measuring 52 millimetres (two inches) wide, they are one millimetre wider than the global average, and four millimetres wider than the average size in China and India,” the newspaper said. But most condoms bought by the government are imported from India and China. The latest local condoms are clinically tested in line with World Health Organisation standards and can expand to a volume of 36 litres (nine gallons), said an adviser to the government’s HIV/Ads directorate.