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South Africa public holidays 2026

The current immutable release contains 13 estimated public-holiday dates for South Africa in 2026. The displayed dates do not all have recorded rule-source review. Country-release approval is not completed; use these estimates as planning guidance and confirm them before relying on them. These dates have national scope in the current immutable release.

Estimated data · rule-source review incomplete. Vacation planning is available for this selection.

EstimatedEstimated · open-source library lineage recorded · release approval pendingNext in this release: Heritage Day on September 24, 2026.
13 calculated dates in the provisional South Africa public-holiday release for 2026
HolidayDateCoverageEvidence
New Year's DayPublic holidayThursdaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Human Rights DayPublic holidaySaturdaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Good FridayPublic holidayFridaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Family DayPublic holidayMondaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Freedom DayPublic holidayMondaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Workers' DayPublic holidayFridaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Youth DayPublic holidayTuesdaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
National Women's DayPublic holidaySundaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
National Women's Day (observed)Public holidayMondaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Heritage DayPublic holidayThursdaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Day of ReconciliationPublic holidayWednesdaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Christmas DayPublic holidayFridaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded
Day of GoodwillPublic holidaySaturdaynationalLibrary PUBLIC seed; available only through explicit estimated-data opt-in while legal scope and workweek await authority review.vacanza-holidays-mit-0.102Rule-source review not recorded

These dates were calculated from reviewed rule sources. Open the planner and explicitly choose whether to include them while country-release approval remains incomplete.

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