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Best days to take off in 2028: South Africa

Tell us how many vacation days you have. We line them up with every public holiday and weekend on the South Africa calendar to give you the most time off.

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Assumes a Saturday and Sunday weekend; regional holidays are not included.

🇿🇦 South Africa · 2028

10 days → 35 off

Every vacation day becomes 3.5 days off

Your plan for 2028

vacation holiday weekend

Take 1 day: Mon, Mar 20

4 days off · Sat, Mar 18 – Tue, Mar 21, 2028

Human Rights Day

Take 4 days: Mon, Apr 10 – Thu, Apr 13

10 days off · Sat, Apr 8 – Mon, Apr 17, 2028

Good Friday · Family Day

Take 1 day: Fri, Apr 28

5 days off · Thu, Apr 27 – Mon, May 1, 2028

Freedom Day · Workers' Day

Take 1 day: Thu, Jun 15

4 days off · Thu, Jun 15 – Sun, Jun 18, 2028

Youth Day

Take 1 day: Fri, Sep 22

4 days off · Fri, Sep 22 – Mon, Sep 25, 2028

Heritage Day

Take 1 day: Mon, Dec 18

3 days off · Sat, Dec 16 – Mon, Dec 18, 2028

Day of Reconciliation

Take 1 day: Fri, Dec 22

5 days off · Fri, Dec 22 – Tue, Dec 26, 2028

Christmas Day · Day of Goodwill

National public holidays from official government sources, compiled through the open-source holidays dataset and reviewed by Glassyear. Last verified Monday, November 9, 2026. Data & methodology · Report a correction