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Bank and Public Holidays for Mozambique

Mozambique bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, 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.

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05 Dec 2011 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has announced that Wednesday, December 7, 2011, had been declared a one-off public holiday on account of the upcoming municipal by-elections. • 16 Oct 2011 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has announced that Wednesday, October 19, 2011, had been declared a one-off public holiday throughout Mozambique. • 29 Dec 2010 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has released a press communique announcing an afternoon public sector holiday (concede tolerância de ponto) for Friday, December 31, 2010. • 23 Dec 2010 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has released a press communique announcing an afternoon public sector holiday (concede tolerância de ponto) for tomorrow, Friday, December 24, 2010. • 11 Jan 2010 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has released a press communique announcing that Thursday, January 14, 2010, the date of of Armando Guebuza's inauguration as the President of Mozambique. • 18 Dec 2009 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labor (MITRAB) has declared a half-day public sector holiday on the afternoon of Thursday, December 24, 2009. • 26 Oct 2009 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) The Labour Ministry of Mozambique, after consultation with the trade unions and the employers' associationsof Mozambique, has declared Wednesday, October 28, 2009, a one-off electoral public holiday "to allow the maximum number of people to vote". • 02 Oct 2009 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has released a press communique confirming that, as this year's October 4 public holiday falls on a Sunday, a day in lieu public holiday had been declared for Monday, October 5, 2009 (fica diferida para segunda-feira). • 29 Dec 2008 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) Mozambique's Ministry of Labor (MITRAB) has declared a half-day public sector holiday on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 31, 2008, and the entire day of Friday, January 2, 2009. • 17 Nov 2008 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) To encourage a high turnout in next Wednesday's municipal elections, the government has declared Wednesday, November 19, 2008, as a one-off 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 Mozambique public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Religious Public Holidays: There are no national holidays that are religious in nature, but the Government has a liberal leave policy to permit religious observance. • Weekend Public Holidays: The aforementioned Labour Code states in Article 96-3 that whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, work shall be suspended on the following Monday. • Tolerância de Ponto (grant of permission not to attend work): These are additional dates, declared at the discretion of the government, with advance notice of at least two days, when employees have the right to suspend the performance of work without loss of pay (ie. for all intents and purposes, these are additional, one-off, public holidays). • Christmas: Officially the government refers to the national public holiday on December 25th as Family Day, however, most every one else calls it Christmas Day, even on their websites and calendars (these include banks, tourist agencies, schools, and many businesses). • An important aspect of public holidays in Mozambique is called tolerancia de ponto which is an ad-hoc public holiday, which the local or national government announces, sometimes only at a day's notice. The latest was the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the death of the country's first president, Samora Machel, on 19 October, which suddenly became a public holiday at less than 24 hours notice. In provinces and districts, it is frequent for a "tolerancia de ponto" to be declared when a senior political figure is visiting. Businesses have long complained bitterly about the additional costs involved with these extra holidays. • Mozambique’s Heroes' Day is officially called Dia dos Heróis Moçambicanos, and in in hommage to Eduardo Mondlane. • Mozambique’s Women's Day is officially called Dia da Mulher Moçambicana (note the singular) and is celebrated in hommage to Josina Machel. • Mozambique International Codes MZ and MOZ (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .mz (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Mozambique information and news: Bank of Mozambique (Mozambique central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Mozambique maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Mozambique), and Wikipedia (includes Mozambique commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Mozambique, 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.

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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 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Mozambique, 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 Mozambique, before planning any trip to Mozambique. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.