South Africa Denies Plans To Cancel Christmas

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa has denied a media report that it plans to cancel Christmas. The Sunday Times newspaper ran a banner headline "Christmas may be canceled" above a story quoting a task team evaluating the number of public holidays as warning no holiday should be regarded as sacred in multi-racial, multi-faith South Africa.

"I would like to reassure all of you that there is no such report which has been tabled before me," Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told a parliamentary committee on Monday in response to the article.

"There has not been that recommendation."

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