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The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to ...
The Zulu calendar is the traditional lunisolar calendar used by the Zulu people of South Africa. [ 1] Its new year begins at the new moon of uMandulo (September) in the Gregorian calendar . The Zulu calendar is divided into two seasons, the summer iHlobo and Winter ubuSika. [ 2] The lunar seasonal calendar has 13 months [ 3] that do not ...
Day of the Vow. The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. The holiday came into effect in 1995 after the end of apartheid, with the intention of fostering reconciliation and national unity for the country. [1] Recognising the need for racial harmony, the government chose the date for its ...
South Africa: 12 12 South Korea: 14 14 Spain: 12 13 depending on autonomous community Sri Lanka: 25 25 Sweden: 12 12 Switzerland: 9 15 depending on the canton Taiwan: 12 12 Thailand: 16 16 Tanzania: 16 16 Trinidad and Tobago: 18 18 Turkey: 14 14 Ukraine: 11 11 United Kingdom: 8 10
Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. [1] It commemorates the first post- apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group, [2] was allowed to vote.
March 22 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Namibia. March 23 – Southern African Liberation Day, Public holidays in Angola. April 19 – King Mswati III′s Birthday, Public holidays in Eswatini. April 27 – Freedom Day (South Africa), Public holidays in South Africa. May 4 – Cassinga Day, Namibia. May 25 – Africa Day.
South Africa’s Christmas 2022 is a start/stop affair, with the country’s nationwide power cuts hitting just about every aspect of the holiday.
1 January. New Year's Day. 21 February. National Youth Day. Easter Sunday -2d. Good Friday. Easter Sunday -1d. Holy Saturday. Easter Sunday.