When is the next long weekend in South Africa?

South Africans are coming off a long weekend thanks to last Friday’s Youth Day public holiday – and are already looking forward to the next one.

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As reported by The SAPeople website, Mzansi will have 14 public holidays in 2023 – which includes an additional two days off to celebrate public holidays which fall on Sundays.

The Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994) determines that whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following it shall be a public holiday.

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However, South Africans will ‘lose’ one public holiday this year as the Day of Reconciliation falls on Saturday, 16 December.

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Eight of those 14 holidays have now passed, with the most recent one – Youth Day – falling last Friday, 16 June..

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The next public holiday is on Wednesday, 9 August which is Women’s Day, but the next long weekend to look forward to will come in late September when Monday, 25 September is observed as a public holiday with Heritage Day falling on the Sunday.

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PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN 2023:

• Sunday, 1 January: New Year’s Day
• Monday, 2 January: Public holiday New Year’s Day observed 
• Tuesday, 21 March: Human Rights Day
• Friday, 7 April: Good Friday
• Monday, 10 April: Family Day
• Thursday, 27 April: Freedom Day
• Monday, 1 May: Workers’ Day
• Friday, 16 June: Youth Day
• Wednesday, 9 August: National Women’s Day
• Sunday, 24 September: Heritage Day
• Monday, 25 September: Public holiday Heritage Day observed 
• Saturday, 16 December: Day of Reconciliation
• Monday, 25 December: Christmas Day
• Tuesday, 26 December: Day of Goodwill

In a typical year, South Africa has 12 public holidays, which is roughly the average when compared to other countries.

The global average for public holidays is 11 days.

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Workers in most European countries enjoy 10-14 public holidays a year. The United Kingdom, however, has only eight.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Myanmar has 30 public holidays, while Sri Lanka, Iran, India, and China have 29, 27, 21, and 17, respectively.

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