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Bank and Public Holidays for Swaziland

Swaziland bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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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14 Apr 2012 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Home Affairs Minister, Chief Gcokoma, has announced that Friday, April 20, 2012, had been declared a non-working public holiday throughout Swaziland to celebrate King Mswati III's birthday. • 13 Mar 2012 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Government Press Secretary, Percy Simelane, has announced that the main day of the upcoming national secondary parliamentary elections would, once again, be a non-working public holiday in Swaziland. • 09 Dec 2011 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's acting Ludzidzini Governor, Timothy Velabo Mtetwa, has announced that the date of the upcoming Incwala (aka. First Fruits) public holiday would be Tuesday, December 13, 2011. • 01 Dec 2011 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Minister of Home Affairs, Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze, has announced that the date of the upcoming Incwala (aka. First Fruits) public holiday would soon be announced. • 19 Oct 2011 (The Swazi Observer-Mbabane) The Secretary General of Swaziland's National Association of Teachers (SNAT), Muzi Mhlanga, has called on the Government of Swaziland to declare a new, annual, October 5, non-working public holiday to commemorate International Teachers' Day. • 16 Jun 2011 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Minister of Home Affairs, Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze, has announced that the upcoming Umhlanga (aka. Reed Dance) public holiday would be on Monday, August 29, 2011. • 21 Dec 2010 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mduduzi Magongo, has finally announced that the upcoming Incwala public holiday would be Friday, December 24, 2010. • 12 Aug 2010 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Minister of Home Affairs, Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze, has announced that the date of the upcoming Umhlanga (aka. Reed Dance) public holiday had been declared as Monday, August 30, 2010. • 23 Apr 2010 (Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland-Mbabane) Swaziland's Minister of Home Affairs, Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze, has announced that Monday, April 26, 2010, would be a non-working public holiday. • 11 Jan 2010 (The Times of Swaziland-Mbabane) Over the past weekend, Swaziland's Minister of Home Affairs, Chief Mgwagwa Gamedze, and his Principal Secretary, Mduduzi Magongo, have lashed-out at diary publishers that have already published 2010 diaries showing the dates for the Umhlanga and Incwala public holidays. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Swaziland public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend Public Holidays: There are isolated reports that when a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the gazette states that the following day shall be deemed a public holiday. However, we have not been able to obtain independent, official, confirmation of this. In any case, there seems to be a consensus that public holidays that fall on a Saturday do not get moved. • The Umhlanga (Reed Dance) is one of the 2 important ceremonies in Swazi culture. In the Umhlanga the main role players are the girls and the women. There are two Reed Dance ceremonies in the year - one is mainly for the girls (Tingabisa) and the other is mainly for the women (Lutsango). The main Reed Dance (the one for the girls) takes place in late August or early September during school holidays. The second, and last, day of the ceremony is declared the main day and a public holiday. However, its date is only announced shortly before it takes place. • The other important ceremony of Swazi culture is the Incwala. It is interesting to note that the name Incwala, which corresponds to first fruits, was used by Maulana Ron Karenga, in a slightly different spelling (and adding a second "a" for numerological reasons), when he initiated the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, in 1966 . • Photography and Video Recordings: The Cinematograph Act, 1920 prohibits films to be made of certain Swazi cultural occasions and celebrations namely the Incwala Day, the King’s Birthday, the Umhlanga (Reed Dance) and the Somhlolo (Independence Day) without the Minister’s written consent. • Swaziland International Codes SZ and SWZ (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .sz (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Swaziland information and news: The Central Bank of Swaziland (Swaziland central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Swaziland maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Swaziland), and Wikipedia (includes Swaziland commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Swaziland, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Swaziland, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Swaziland. 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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Swaziland, 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 Swaziland, before planning any trip to Swaziland. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.