South Africa public holidays 2027

South Africa 2027

The calendar above is already set to South Africa holidays for 2027, 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 1FridayNew Year's Day
March 22MondayHuman Rights Day
March 26FridayGood Friday
March 29MondayFamily Day
April 27TuesdayFreedom Day
May 1SaturdayWorkers' Day
June 16WednesdayYouth Day
August 9MondayNational Women's Day
September 24FridayHeritage Day
December 16ThursdayDay of Reconciliation
December 25SaturdayChristmas Day
December 27MondayDay 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 2027

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
January 1 – January 33New Year's Day
March 20 – March 223Human Rights Day
March 26 – March 294Good Friday, Family Day
August 7 – August 93National Women's Day
September 24 – September 263Heritage Day
December 25 – December 273Christmas Day, Day of Goodwill

Holidays that fall at a weekend

2 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2027, and South Africa does not shift them 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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