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Public Holidays in South Africa 2023

33 total holidays23 national holidays

2023 Holiday Calendar — South Africa

DateHolidayDayType
2023-01-01New Year's DaySundayNational
2023-01-02New Year's DayMondayNational
2023-02-18Isra and Mi'rajSaturdayReligious
2023-02-18Maha ShivaratriSaturdayNational
2023-03-07HoliTuesdayNational
2023-03-21Human Rights DayTuesdayNational
2023-03-24Ramadan StartFridayReligious
2023-04-07Good FridayFridayNational
2023-04-08Holy SaturdaySaturdayReligious
2023-04-09Easter SundaySundayReligious
2023-04-10Family DayMondayNational
2023-04-17Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)MondayReligious
2023-04-22Eid ul FitrSaturdayReligious
2023-04-27Freedom DayThursdayNational
2023-05-01Workers' DayMondayNational
2023-06-16Youth DayFridayNational
2023-06-29Eid al-AdhaThursdayReligious
2023-07-20Muharram/Islamic New YearThursdayReligious
2023-08-09National Women's DayWednesdayNational
2023-08-30Raksha BandhanWednesdayNational
2023-09-07JanmashtamiThursdayNational
2023-09-18Ganesh ChaturthiMondayNational
2023-09-24Heritage DaySundayNational
2023-09-25Heritage DayMondayNational
2023-09-28Milad un Nabi (Mawlid)ThursdayReligious
2023-10-15NavaratriSundayNational
2023-10-23DussehraMondayNational
2023-11-12Diwali/DeepavaliSundayNational
2023-12-15Rugby World Cup Win Public HolidayFridayNational
2023-12-16Day of ReconciliationSaturdayNational
2023-12-24Christmas EveSundayReligious
2023-12-25Christmas DayMondayNational
2023-12-26Day of GoodwillTuesdayNational

Automate South Africa holiday data via API

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cURL

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.holidays.rest/v1/holidays?country=ZA&year=2023" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.holidays.rest/v1/holidays?country=ZA&year=2023",
  { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" } }
);
const holidays = await res.json();
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