This page lists all 24 public holidays for South Africa held in the site's holiday data file, data/holidays.json, which is generated from the date.nager.at public holiday API (Nager.Date), by country. Coverage runs 2026-01-01 to 2027-12-27. Dates are the source file's own dates, and each holiday's local-language name is printed exactly as the file records it. Each date and name appears once, in ascending date order.

Holiday data as of 2026-08-04 · source: date.nager.at public holiday API (Nager.Date), by country · country code ZA.

Date	Holiday	Local name
2026-01-01	New Year's Day	New Year's Day
2026-03-21	Human Rights Day	Human Rights Day
2026-04-03	Good Friday	Good Friday
2026-04-06	Family Day	Family Day
2026-04-27	Freedom Day	Freedom Day
2026-05-01	Workers' Day	Workers' Day
2026-06-16	Youth Day	Youth Day
2026-08-10	National Women's Day	National Women's Day
2026-09-24	Heritage Day	Heritage Day
2026-12-16	Day of Reconciliation	Day of Reconciliation
2026-12-25	Christmas Day	Christmas Day
2026-12-26	Day of Goodwill	St. Stephen's Day
2027-01-01	New Year's Day	New Year's Day
2027-03-22	Human Rights Day	Human Rights Day
2027-03-26	Good Friday	Good Friday
2027-03-29	Family Day	Family Day
2027-04-27	Freedom Day	Freedom Day
2027-05-01	Workers' Day	Workers' Day
2027-06-16	Youth Day	Youth Day
2027-08-09	National Women's Day	National Women's Day
2027-09-24	Heritage Day	Heritage Day
2027-12-16	Day of Reconciliation	Day of Reconciliation
2027-12-25	Christmas Day	Christmas Day
2027-12-27	Day of Goodwill	St. Stephen's Day

Time zone reference for this country: Time in South Africa.

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