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Public holidays in South Africa
Next holiday: Local Government Elections, Wed, November 4, 2026 Estimated (not officially announced yet)
2026
14 nationwide- New Year's Day Rule
- Human Rights Day Rule
- Good Friday Rule
- Family Day Rule
- Freedom Day Rule
- Workers' Day Rule
- Youth Day Rule
- National Women's Day Rule
- National Women's Day observed Rule
- Heritage Day Rule
- Local Government Elections Rule
- Day of Reconciliation Rule
- Christmas Day Rule
- Day of Goodwill Rule
2027
14 nationwide- New Year's Day Rule
- Human Rights Day Rule
- Human Rights Day observed Rule
- Good Friday Rule
- Family Day Rule
- Freedom Day Rule
- Workers' Day Rule
- Youth Day Rule
- National Women's Day Rule
- Heritage Day Rule
- Day of Reconciliation Rule
- Christmas Day Rule
- Day of Goodwill Rule
- Day of Goodwill observed Rule
2028
13 nationwide- New Year's Day Rule
- Human Rights Day Rule
- Good Friday Rule
- Family Day Rule
- Freedom Day Rule
- Workers' Day Rule
- Youth Day Rule
- National Women's Day Rule
- Heritage Day Rule
- Heritage Day observed Rule
- Day of Reconciliation Rule
- Christmas Day Rule
- Day of Goodwill Rule
2025
13 nationwide- New Year's Day Rule
- Human Rights Day Rule
- Good Friday Rule
- Family Day Rule
- Freedom Day Rule
- Freedom Day observed Rule
- Workers' Day Rule
- Youth Day Rule
- National Women's Day Rule
- Heritage Day Rule
- Day of Reconciliation Rule
- Christmas Day Rule
- Day of Goodwill Rule
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- Official
- Matches the government’s official announcement or data
- Rule
- Computed from the legal rules (not yet checked against official data)
- Estimated
- Not yet announced, or depends on moon sighting and may change
- Holidays are computed with python-holidays (MIT license; python-holidays 0.106 (MIT)).
- Use as JSON: /api/v1/country/za.json