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With the Youth Day public holiday now a thing of the past, South Africa’s workers will already be looking forward to the next day off work.
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National Women’s Day falls on Sunday, 9 August, meaning Monday, 10 August will be observed as a public holiday.
That means there’s another three-day long weekend to look forward to in the coming months.
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‘Holiday lost’
As a reminder, if a public holiday occurs on a weekday (Monday to Friday), employees receive the day off.
But when a holiday falls on a Saturday, workers who normally do not work that day do not receive an additional day off, meaning the holiday is effectively ‘lost’.
If it falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as a public holiday.
Public holidays in 2026
The number of public holidays in South Africa in 2026 will be 14.
However, South Africans will lose two of those holidays due to the fact that they fall on Saturdays.
Looking at the 2026 public holiday calendar, those public holidays falling on a Saturday are – or were:
- Human Rights Day – 21 March 2026
- Day of Goodwill – 26 December 2026
Below is the full list of public holidays in South Africa for 2026:
- 1 January (Thursday) – New Year’s Day
- 21 March (Saturday) – Human Rights Day
- 3 April (Friday) – Good Friday
- 6 April (Monday) – Family Day
- 27 April (Monday) – Freedom Day
- 1 May (Friday) – Workers’ Day
- 16 June (Tuesday) – Youth Day
- 9 August (Sunday) – National Women’s Day
- 10 August (Monday) – Public holiday observed for National Women’s Day
- 24 September (Thursday) – Heritage Day
- 4 November (Wednesday) – Local Government Elections
- 16 December (Wednesday) – Day of Reconciliation
- 25 December (Friday) – Christmas Day
- 26 December (Saturday) – Day of Goodwill
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