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Public Holidays in South Africa 2021

33 total holidays23 national holidays

2021 Holiday Calendar — South Africa

DateHolidayDayType
2021-01-01New Year's DayFridayNational
2021-03-11Isra and Mi'rajThursdayReligious
2021-03-11Maha ShivaratriThursdayNational
2021-03-21Human Rights DaySundayNational
2021-03-22Human Rights DayMondayNational
2021-03-29HoliMondayNational
2021-04-02Good FridayFridayNational
2021-04-03Holy SaturdaySaturdayReligious
2021-04-04Easter SundaySundayReligious
2021-04-05Family DayMondayNational
2021-04-14Ramadan StartWednesdayReligious
2021-04-27Freedom DayTuesdayNational
2021-05-01Workers' DaySaturdayNational
2021-05-09Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)SundayReligious
2021-05-14Eid ul FitrFridayReligious
2021-06-16Youth DayWednesdayNational
2021-07-21Eid al-AdhaWednesdayReligious
2021-08-09National Women's DayMondayNational
2021-08-10Muharram/Islamic New YearTuesdayReligious
2021-08-22Raksha BandhanSundayNational
2021-08-30JanmashtamiMondayNational
2021-09-10Ganesh ChaturthiFridayNational
2021-09-24Heritage DayFridayNational
2021-10-07NavaratriThursdayNational
2021-10-15DussehraFridayNational
2021-10-19Milad un Nabi (Mawlid)TuesdayReligious
2021-11-01Local Government ElectionsMondayNational
2021-11-04Diwali/DeepavaliThursdayNational
2021-12-16Day of ReconciliationThursdayNational
2021-12-24Christmas EveFridayReligious
2021-12-25Christmas DaySaturdayNational
2021-12-26Day of GoodwillSundayNational
2021-12-27Day of GoodwillMondayNational

Automate South Africa holiday data via API

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cURL

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.holidays.rest/v1/holidays?country=ZA&year=2021" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.holidays.rest/v1/holidays?country=ZA&year=2021",
  { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" } }
);
const holidays = await res.json();
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