South Africa public holidays 2025

South Africa 2025

The calendar above is already set to South Africa holidays for 2025, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in South Africa

All 12 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1WednesdayNew Year's Day
March 21FridayHuman Rights Day
April 18FridayGood Friday
April 21MondayFamily Day
April 28MondayFreedom Day
May 1ThursdayWorkers' Day
June 16MondayYouth Day
August 9SaturdayNational Women's Day
September 24WednesdayHeritage Day
December 16TuesdayDay of Reconciliation
December 25ThursdayChristmas Day
December 26FridayDay of Goodwill

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2025

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
March 21 – March 233Human Rights Day
April 18 – April 214Good Friday, Family Day
April 26 – April 283Freedom Day
June 14 – June 163Youth Day
December 25 – December 284Christmas Day, Day of Goodwill

Holidays that fall at a weekend

One holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday in 2025, and South Africa does not shift it to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print South Africa holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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