School holidays and public holidays: South Africa 2027
South Africa · 2027
School breaks in 2027: 6. Days of 2027 that fall in a school break: 82.
Public holidays in 2027 that apply to the whole place: 13. Of these, on Monday to Friday: 9.
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School holidays in 2027
| Holiday | From | To | Days | Weekdays that are not public holidays | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Break | Sat 12 Dec 2026 | Sun 10 Jan 2027 | 30 | 17 | |
| Autumn Break | Sat 20 Mar 2027 | Mon 5 Apr 2027 | 17 | 8 | |
| Special School Holiday | Mon 26 Apr 2027 | Mon 26 Apr 2027 | 1 | 1 | |
| Winter Break | Sat 26 Jun 2027 | Mon 19 Jul 2027 | 24 | 16 | |
| Spring Break | Sat 2 Oct 2027 | Sun 10 Oct 2027 | 9 | 5 | |
| Summer Break | Sat 11 Dec 2027 | Sun 9 Jan 2028 | 30 | 19 |
Public holidays in 2027
| Holiday | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | Fri 1 Jan 2027 | |
| Human Rights Day | Sun 21 Mar 2027 | |
| Human Rights Day observed | Mon 22 Mar 2027 | |
| Good Friday | Fri 26 Mar 2027 | |
| Family Day | Mon 29 Mar 2027 | |
| Freedom Day | Tue 27 Apr 2027 | |
| Workers' Day | Sat 1 May 2027 | |
| Youth Day | Wed 16 Jun 2027 | |
| National Women's Day | Mon 9 Aug 2027 | |
| Heritage Day | Fri 24 Sep 2027 | |
| Day of Reconciliation | Thu 16 Dec 2027 | |
| Christmas Day | Sat 25 Dec 2027 | |
| Day of Goodwill | Sun 26 Dec 2027 |
Data fetched from OpenHolidays API on 2026-10-12 (UTC). This page answers from that table until 2026-11-26, then stops until the data is fetched again.
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Contains information from the OpenHolidays API (STÜBER SYSTEMS GmbH), which is made available under the Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0.
The holiday table on this site is a database derived from it. It is offered under the same licence and can be read in full at /api/holidays.
The dates on this page have not yet been checked against an official calendar.