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South Africa Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in Africa, Botswana, EMEA, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, SADC, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and worldwide.

This page contains the list of South Africa 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of South Africa public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday
Jan Thursday New Year's Day
Mar Saturday Human Rights Day
Apr Friday Good Friday
Apr Monday Family Day / Easter Monday
Apr Monday Freedom Day
May Friday Workers' Day
June Tuesday Youth Day
Aug Sunday National Women’s Day
Aug Monday Public Holiday
Sep Thursday Heritage Day
Dec Wednesday Day of Reconciliation
Dec Friday Christmas Day
Dec Saturday 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 (2024-2034).

South Africa Background Information and Links