South African Holidays

South Africa has 12 Official Public Holidays as declared by the Public Holiday Act. The Act determines whenever any public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following on it shall be a public holiday.

Here is a table of the public holidays:

1 January New Year's Day

21 March Human Rights Day

18 April Good Friday (Friday before Easter Sunday)

21 April Family Day (Monday after Easter Sunday)

27 April Freedom Day

1 May Workers' Day

16 June Youth Day

9 August National Women's Day

24 September Heritage Day

16 December Day of Reconciliation

25 December Christmas Day

26 December Day of Goodwill