Holidays South Africa 2026/2027

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.

January
New Year all	Th 01/01/2026 109 days ago	all	109 days ago
March
Human Rights Day all	Sa 03/21/2026 30 days ago	all	30 days ago
April
Good Friday all	Fr 04/03/2026 17 days ago	all	17 days ago
Easter Day all	Su 04/05/2026 15 days ago	all	15 days ago
Family Day all	Mo 04/06/2026 14 days ago	all	14 days ago

Freedom Day all	Mo 04/27/2026 in 7 days LWE	all	in 7 days	LWE
May
Workers' Day all	Fr 05/01/2026 in 11 days LWE	all	in 11 days	LWE
June
Youth Day all	Tu 06/16/2026 in 57 days BD	all	in 57 days	BD
August
National Women’s Day all	Su 08/09/2026 in 111 days	all	in 111 days
September
Heritage Day all	Th 09/24/2026 in 157 days BD	all	in 157 days	BD
December
Day of Reconciliation all	We 12/16/2026 in 240 days	all	in 240 days
Christmas Eve all	Th 12/24/2026 in 248 days	all	in 248 days
Christmas Day all	Fr 12/25/2026 in 249 days LWE	all	in 249 days	LWE
Day of Goodwill all	Sa 12/26/2026 in 250 days	all	in 250 days
New Year's Eve all	Th 12/31/2026 in 255 days	all	in 255 days
January
New Year all	Fr 01/01/2027 in 256 days LWE	all	in 256 days	LWE
March
Human Rights Day all	Su 03/21/2027 in 335 days	all	in 335 days
Good Friday all	Fr 03/26/2027 in 340 days LWE	all	in 340 days	LWE
Easter Day all	Su 03/28/2027 in 342 days	all	in 342 days
Family Day all	Mo 03/29/2027 in 343 days LWE	all	in 343 days	LWE
April
Freedom Day all	Tu 04/27/2027 in 372 days BD	all	in 372 days	BD
May
Workers' Day all	Sa 05/01/2027 in 376 days	all	in 376 days

Abbreviations

LWE: possible long weekend
BD: possible bridge day