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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Namibia

The list of Namibia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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13 Nov 2009 (The Namibian-Windhoek) Namibia's Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana, has finally, and officially, confirmed that the Government Cabinet had decided that there was no need to declare Friday, November 27, 2009, the date of the upcoming presidential and general elections, a public holiday. • 21 Oct 2009 (The Namibian-Windhoek) Namibia's spokesperson for the Ministry of Information, Wilma Deetlefs, has announced that, so far, she had "not heard anything on a possible public holiday" on the upcoming November 27, presidential and general elections. • 12 Sep 2009 (New Era-Windhoek) Namibia's Deputy Director for Elections Operations, Theo Mujoro, has announced that it is the prerogative of the Office of the Prime Minister to declare Friday, November 27, 2009, a public holiday. • 23 May 2009 (New Era-Windhoek) Under pressure from the tourism industry, Namibia's Minister of Labour and Social Services (MoLSS) is to consider 6 variations to the Labour Act of 2007, which regulates the observance of public holidays in Namibia. • 01 May 2009 (New Era-Windhoek) Yesterday, Namibia's SWAPO ruling party Secretary for Information and Publicity, Jerry Ekandjo, castigated those who "opt to spend the [holi]days engaging in socially pleasurable activities", and reminded Namibians that "these are days for remembrance and not for enjoyment". • 24 May 2007 (The Namibian) President Hifikepunye Pohamba has declared a half-day public holiday, for this afternoon, beginning at 13:00 on Thursday May 24, for all civil servants. • 16 May 2007 (The Namibian) Due to the Africa Day public holiday, on Friday May 25, 2007, state schools will only reopen on Monday May 28, instead of Tuesday May 22. • 27 Apr 2007 (The Namibian) Reports indicate that many people are taking the week off, from April 30 to May 4, and that there are cases of companies actually closing down for the week, as Namibia will be observing 2 public holidays, Workers' Day on Tuesday, May 1st, and Cassinga Day on Friday, May 4. • 23 Aug 2000 (The Namibian) To quash rumours that had been circulating that Friday, August 25, would be a holiday as Saturday, August 26, is Heroes Day, Permanent Secretary, Mocks Shivute, issued a statement that Friday, August 25, is not a public holiday. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Namibia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Namibia are regulated by the Section 1 of the Public Holidays Act, 1990 (Act No. 26 of 1990);, as amended by the Public Holidays Amendment Act 16 of 2004, which provides for 12 official public holidays annually. The Holidays Act replaced the Sunday Trading Proclamation 12 of 1919, the Lord’s Day Observance Proclamation 54 of 1921, and the Public Holidays Act 7 of 1987. •  International Human Rights Day: The Public Holidays Act of 1990 was amended at the end of 2004 (Public Holidays Amendment Bill, B.12 - 2004) to rename “International Human Rights Day” of December 10, into "Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day”. • Weekend Public Holidays: If a public holiday falls on a Sunday the following Monday will be a public holiday, unless the Monday is already a public holiday. • One-off public holidays: The President may declare any day in a particular year as a public holiday by proclamation in the Government Gazette. • Two days, namely 9 February being Constitution Day and 24 October being United Nations Day are observance days in Namibia. Special events are usually organized to observe these days. • Day of the Namibian Child was proclaimed in 2001, by General Notice 250/2001 (GG 2610), but this date is not a public holiday. • Namibia International Codes NA and NAM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .na (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Namibia information and news: Bank of Namibia (Namibia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Namibia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Namibia), and Wikipedia (includes Namibia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Namibia, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Namibia, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Namibia, before planning any trip to Namibia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.