The Public Holidays Act (Act 36 of 1994) also determines that whenever any public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following it shall be a public holiday.

Public holidays in 2023

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

 

Hindu Holidays in 2023

Date Holiday
Sunday, 15 January Makar Sankranti / Pongal
Saturday, 18 February Maha Shivaratri
22 to 30 March Ramayana week
Wednesday, 6 September
to Thursday, 7 September		 Sri Krishna Janmashtami
Sunday, 12 November Diwali

 

Islamic Holidays in 2023

Date Holiday
Saturday, 18 February Lailat al Miraj
Thursday, 23 March Ramadan (month of fasting begins)
Tuesday, 18 April Lailat al Qadr
Saturday, 22 April Eid-al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
Wednesday, 28 June Waqf al Arafa – Hajj
Thursday, 29 June Eid-al-Adha
Friday, 28 July Al-Hijra / Muharram

 

Jewish Holidays in 2023

Date Holiday
Monday, 6 March
to Tuesday, 7 March		 Purim
Wednesday, 5 April
to Thursday, 13 April		 Pesach
Thursday, 25 May
to Saturday, 27 May		 Shavuot
Friday, 15 September
to Sunday, 17 September		 Rosh Hashana
Sunday, 24 September
to Monday, 25 September		 Yom Kippur
Saturday, 30 September
to Sunday, 1 October		 Sukkot
Friday, 6 October
to Sunday, 8 October		 Shmini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Thursday, 7 December
to Friday, 15 December		 Channukah

Information supplied by the Registrar’s Secretariat
Updated: 4 January 2023