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South Africans swap firecrackers for candles amid pandemic

by Mogomotsi Magome
| December 31, 2020 9:15 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Many South Africans swapped firecrackers for candles to mark New Year’s Eve amid COVID-19 restrictions including a nighttime curfew.

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