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Independence bash off

    JOHANNESBURG

    Independence festivities have been scrapped this year in favour of using the funds to assist flood victims. Information Minister Chen Chimutengwende told AFP that the government had decided to forgo traditional celebrations to mark the 18 April anniversary, and to help instead thousands of people affected by floods in the south and eastern parts of the country as a result of last month's tropical storms.

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