Public holidays in South Africa

A list of current public holidays in South Africa:

In gold, the National Day
Date Name Instituted Comments
1 January New Year's Day 1910
21 March Human Rights Day 1990 Commemorates the Sharpeville massacre of 1960.
The Friday before Easter Sunday Good Friday 1910
The Monday following Easter Sunday Family Day 1980
27 April Freedom Day 1995 First democratic election held (in 1994)
1 May Workers' Day 1995
16 June Youth Day 1995 Commemorates the Soweto uprising led by secondary school students in 1976.
9 August National Women's Day 1995 Commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to petition against pass laws.
24 September Heritage Day 1995 Recognises aspects of South African culture which are both tangible and difficult to pin down: creative expression, the historical inheritance, language, the food, and the land people live on.
16 December Day of Reconciliation 1995 Honors both the Black and White soldiers who died in the Battle of Blood River in 1838.
25 December Christmas Day 1910
26 December Day of Goodwill 1910 Formerly Boxing Day.

The Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994) states that whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following it will be a public holiday.

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