South Africa public holidays 2030

South Africa 2030

The calendar above is already set to South Africa holidays for 2030, 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 1TuesdayNew Year's Day
March 21ThursdayHuman Rights Day
April 19FridayGood Friday
April 22MondayFamily Day
April 27SaturdayFreedom Day
May 1WednesdayWorkers' Day
June 17MondayYouth Day
August 9FridayNational Women's Day
September 24TuesdayHeritage Day
December 16MondayDay of Reconciliation
December 25WednesdayChristmas Day
December 26ThursdayDay 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 2030

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 19 – April 224Good Friday, Family Day
June 15 – June 173Youth Day
August 9 – August 113National Women's Day
December 14 – December 163Day of Reconciliation

Holidays that fall at a weekend

One holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday in 2030, 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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