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South Africa Public Holidays 2024

See also: 2024 public holidays in Africa, Botswana, EMEA, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, SADC, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and worldwide.

This page contains the list of South Africa 2024 official public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The public holidays listing on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone/iPad mobile apps. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of South Africa public holidays in 2024 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday
Monday New Year's Day
Thursday Human Rights Day
Friday Good Friday
Monday Family Day / Easter Monday
Saturday Freedom Day
Wednesday Workers' Day
June Sunday Youth Day
June Monday Public Holiday
Aug Friday National Women’s Day
Sep Tuesday Heritage Day
Dec Monday Day of Reconciliation
Dec Wednesday Christmas Day
Dec Thursday Day of Goodwill

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Global Holidays Observed in South Africa


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in South Africa, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2023-2033).

South Africa Background Information and Links