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27 December 2016 was declared a holiday by president Jacob Zuma following a request by the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA). [23] The request by FEDUSA was motivated by the fact this year, workers in the country will only have 11 public holidays instead of 12 due to fact that 25 December (Christmas Day) falls on a Sunday.
South Africa: 12 12 South Korea: 14 14 Spain: 12 13 depending on autonomous community Sri Lanka: 25 25 Sweden: 12 12 Switzerland: 9 15 depending on the canton Taiwan: 12 12 Thailand: 16 16 Tanzania: 16 16 Trinidad and Tobago: 18 18 Turkey: 14 14 Ukraine: 11 11 United Kingdom: 8 10
National Women's Day (Zulu: Usuku Lwabesifazane, Afrikaans: Nasionale Vrouedag) is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as "black" under The Population Registration Act to carry an ...
January and February. 2 January – 2022 Parliament of South Africa fire: A major fire breaks out at the parliamentary complex in Cape Town. 4 January – The first part of the final three-part report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture was published. 10 January – 2022 Eastern Cape floods: Flooding in Eastern Cape leaves ...
Former public holidays in South Africa (3 P) Pages in category "Public holidays in South Africa" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
March 22 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Namibia. March 23 – Southern African Liberation Day, Public holidays in Angola. April 19 – King Mswati III′s Birthday, Public holidays in Eswatini. April 27 – Freedom Day (South Africa), Public holidays in South Africa. May 4 – Cassinga Day, Namibia. May 25 – Africa Day.
Day of the Vow. The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. The holiday came into effect in 1995 after the end of apartheid, with the intention of fostering reconciliation and national unity for the country. [1] Recognising the need for racial harmony, the government chose the date for its ...
Date. Easter + 1 day, December 26, first Tuesday in November. Family Day is a public holiday in the countries of Angola, Israel, Namibia, South Africa, Uruguay, Vanuatu, and Vietnam; in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan; in the American states of Arizona and Nevada; and as the second ...