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South Africa

There are 12 registered holidays for the South Africa provider in 2025.

The below listed holidays (and the aforementioned number of holidays) merely reflect which holidays are registered with the South Africa provider in Yasumi. These do not indicate whether a particular holiday is considered a non-working day or not.

Although Yasumi has the ability to classify holidays (e.g. 'Official', 'Regional', etc.), this isn't optimal feature and we are working on a different classification system.

Holidays

Date Day of the week Name Type
2025-01-01 Wednesday New Year’s Day Official
2025-03-21 Friday Human Rights Day Official
2025-04-18 Friday Good Friday Official
2025-04-21 Monday Family Day Official
2025-04-27 Sunday Freedom Day Official
2025-04-28 Monday Freedom Day observed Official
2025-05-01 Thursday International Workers’ Day Official
2025-06-16 Monday Youth Day Official
2025-08-09 Saturday National Women’s Day Official
2025-09-24 Wednesday Heritage Day Official
2025-12-16 Tuesday Day of Reconciliation Official
2025-12-25 Thursday Christmas Official
2025-12-26 Friday Second Christmas Day Official
Legend
  • Official - Holidays that are marked as public or statutory.
  • Observance - Holidays that are not necessarily official however are being observed.
  • Bank - A public holiday in the United Kingdom, some Commonwealth countries and some other European countries.
  • Seasonal - Holidays that are celebrated due to its seasonal character (e.g. Halloween).
  • Other - Holidays that fall outside any of the above type.

Sources

The following list of sources are used for determining the calculation logic of the holidays given by the South Africa Holiday provider.

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_South_Africa

  2. https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_van_openbare_vakansiedae_in_Suid-Afrika

  3. https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaholide_omphakathi_eNingizimu_Afrika