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Bank and Public Holidays for Swaziland

A preview of the Swaziland bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2023, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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13 Jul 2018 Swaziland Public Holidays July 22-23 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Home Affairs Principal Secretary, Anthony Masilela, has announced that Monday, July 23, 2018, would be a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming birth anniversary of King Sobhuza II, who was born on July 22, 1899. • 10 Jul 2018 Swaziland Umhlanga/Reed Dance 2018 Public Holiday (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's government has announced the date when the upcoming non-working public holiday in Swaziland for the 2018 Umhlanga (aka. Reed Dance) would be observed. • 15 Mar 2018 Swaziland Public Holidays April 19-20 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Minister for Home Affairs, Princess Tsandzile, has announced in Parliament that the upcoming annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland to mark King Mswati III's birthday would be observed on Thursday, April 19, 2018, to be followed by a one-off public holiday on Friday, April 20, 2018. • 02 Jan 2018 Swaziland Incwala Public Holiday January 5 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Home Affairs Minister, Princess Tsandzile, has announced that the upcoming Incwala annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland would occur on Friday, January 5, 2018. • 18 Aug 2017 Swaziland Umhlanga/Reed Dance 2017 Public Holiday (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's government has announced the date when the upcoming non-working public holiday in Swaziland for the 2017 Umhlanga (aka. Reed Dance) would be observed. • 15 Dec 2016 Swaziland Incwala Public Holiday December 17 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Home Affairs Minister, Princess Tsandzile, has announced that the upcoming Incwala annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland would occur on Saturday, December 17, 2016. • 10 Aug 2016 Swaziland Umhlanga/Reed Dance 2016 Public Holiday (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Indvuna Yembali Nonduduzo Zubuko in a joint statement with Sijabuliso Ginindza and Swaziland's Chairman of Culture, Prince Bukhosi, has announced the date when the upcoming non-working public holiday in Swaziland for the 2016 Umhlanga (aka. Reed Dance) would be observed. • 25 Feb 2016 Swaziland Public Holiday April 22 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Home Affairs Minister, Princess Tsandzile, has announced that, once again, the annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland to mark King Mswati III's birthday would be observed on Friday, April 22, 2016, due to its set date falling midweek, in 2016. • 24 Dec 2015 Swaziland Incwala Public Holiday December 28 (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Ludzidzini Acting Governor, Timothy Velabo "TV" Mtetwa, has announced that the upcoming Incwala annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland would occur on Monday, December 28, 2015. • 13 Aug 2015 Swaziland Umhlanga/Reed Dance 2015 Public Holiday (Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs-Mbabane) Swaziland's Indvuna Yembali Nonduduzo Zubuko has announced the date when the upcoming non-working public holiday in Swaziland for the 2015 Umhlanga (aka. Reed Dance) would be observed on. • 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.

eSwatini is the name for the former Swaziland, since april 20, 2018. • Umhlanga (Reed Dance): There are two Reed Dance ceremonies in the year. One is mainly for girls (Tingabisa) and the other is mainly for grown women (Lutsango). The main Reed Dance (Tingabisa) takes place in late August or early September. The second, and last, day of the ceremony is declared the main day and a public holiday. The date of the Umhlanga (Reed Dance) has traditionally only been announced shortly before it takes place, though, since 2011, there has been a tendency to announce it at least a month in advance. The date we forecast for the Umhlanga (Reed Dance) public holiday, if marked accordingly, is to be confirmed, but over the last decade, our forecast has always proven correct. • 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. The date we forecast for the Incwala public holiday, if marked accordingly, is also to be confirmed, but over the last decade, our forecast has always proven correct. • 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), UnitedHealthcare Global (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.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Swaziland that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Lunisolar Holidays : The calculation of moon phases, moonrises, moonsets, sunrises, and sunsets used to predict lunar bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Swaziland are based on the geographical location of Mbabane (latitude 26.3°S, longitude 31.1°E, GMT+2.0 hours, using the local summer time rules). Note that many countries in South-East Asia are progressively changing the recurrence rule of some of their lunar/solar holidays to rules based on fixed dates of the Western (Gregorian) calendar. Therefore, while the dates predicted above for 2008 and beyond are currently technically correct, the rules of these holidays may change in the next few years.

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 2023 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.

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