South Africa public holidays 2028

South Africa 2028

The calendar above is already set to South Africa holidays for 2028, 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 1SaturdayNew Year's Day
March 21TuesdayHuman Rights Day
April 14FridayGood Friday
April 17MondayFamily Day
April 27ThursdayFreedom Day
May 1MondayWorkers' Day
June 16FridayYouth Day
August 9WednesdayNational Women's Day
September 25MondayHeritage Day
December 16SaturdayDay of Reconciliation
December 25MondayChristmas Day
December 26TuesdayDay 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 2028

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
April 14 – April 174Good Friday, Family Day
April 29 – May 13Workers' Day
June 16 – June 183Youth Day
September 23 – September 253Heritage Day
December 23 – December 264Christmas Day, Day of Goodwill

Holidays that fall at a weekend

2 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2028, 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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