Holidays South Africa 2025/2026

Here you can see the current public holidays, festive days and events of South Africa. The red horizontal line visualizes the current date. Select the public holidays for another year or another country in the upper right corner. Please also note the legend below.

March
Human Rights Day all	Fr 03/21/2025 58 days ago	all	58 days ago
April
Good Friday all	Fr 04/18/2025 30 days ago	all	30 days ago
Easter Day all	Su 04/20/2025 28 days ago	all	28 days ago
Family Day all	Mo 04/21/2025 27 days ago	all	27 days ago
Freedom Day all	Su 04/27/2025 21 days ago	all	21 days ago
May
Workers' Day all	Th 05/01/2025 17 days ago	all	17 days ago

June
Youth Day all	Mo 06/16/2025 in 29 days LWE	all	in 29 days	LWE
August
National Women’s Day all	Sa 08/09/2025 in 83 days	all	in 83 days
September
Heritage Day all	We 09/24/2025 in 129 days	all	in 129 days
December
Day of Reconciliation all	Tu 12/16/2025 in 212 days BD	all	in 212 days	BD
Christmas Eve all	We 12/24/2025 in 220 days	all	in 220 days
Christmas Day all	Th 12/25/2025 in 221 days LWE	all	in 221 days	LWE
Day of Goodwill all	Fr 12/26/2025 in 222 days LWE	all	in 222 days	LWE
New Year's Eve all	We 12/31/2025 in 227 days	all	in 227 days
January
New Year all	Th 01/01/2026 in 228 days BD	all	in 228 days	BD
March
Human Rights Day all	Sa 03/21/2026 in 307 days	all	in 307 days
April
Good Friday all	Fr 04/03/2026 in 320 days LWE	all	in 320 days	LWE
Easter Day all	Su 04/05/2026 in 322 days	all	in 322 days
Family Day all	Mo 04/06/2026 in 323 days LWE	all	in 323 days	LWE
Freedom Day all	Mo 04/27/2026 in 344 days LWE	all	in 344 days	LWE
May
Workers' Day all	Fr 05/01/2026 in 348 days LWE	all	in 348 days	LWE
June
Youth Day all	Tu 06/16/2026 in 394 days BD	all	in 394 days	BD

Abbreviations

LWE: possible long weekend
BD: possible bridge day