South Africa public holidays 2029

South Africa 2029

The calendar above is already set to South Africa holidays for 2029, 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 1MondayNew Year's Day
March 21WednesdayHuman Rights Day
March 30FridayGood Friday
April 2MondayFamily Day
April 27FridayFreedom Day
May 1TuesdayWorkers' Day
June 16SaturdayYouth Day
August 9ThursdayNational Women's Day
September 24MondayHeritage Day
December 17MondayDay of Reconciliation
December 25TuesdayChristmas Day
December 26WednesdayDay 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 2029

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 30 – April 24Good Friday, Family Day
April 27 – April 293Freedom Day
September 22 – September 243Heritage Day
December 15 – December 173Day of Reconciliation

Holidays that fall at a weekend

One holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday in 2029, 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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