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  2. Public holidays in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to ...

  3. List of countries by number of public holidays - Wikipedia

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    South Africa [70] 12 12 South Korea [71] 14 14 Spain [72] 12 13 depending on autonomous community Sri Lanka [73] 25 25 Sweden [74] 12 12 Switzerland [75] 9 15 depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend Taiwan [76] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [77] 16 16 East Timor [78] 18 18 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31 ...

  4. Day of Reconciliation - Wikipedia

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    The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. The holiday came into effect in 1995 after the end of apartheid, with the intention of fostering reconciliation and national unity for the country. [1]

  5. South Africa declares public holiday after ‘momentous’ Rugby ...

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    South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa declared 15 December as a public holiday to celebrate the country’s Rugby World Cup victory.. Mr Ramaphosa said the December date was chosen for the ...

  6. 2021 in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    21 October- The 2021 South African metalworkers strike ends, with workers represented by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa winning a 5-6% annual pay increase 22 October - Following a high-profile trial ex-police officer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu is convicted of murdering five relatives and her boyfriend over several years.

  7. 2021 in Southern Africa - Wikipedia

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    March 22 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Namibia. March 23 – Southern African Liberation Day, Public holidays in Angola. April 19 – King Mswati III′s Birthday, Public holidays in Eswatini. April 27 – Freedom Day (South Africa), Public holidays in South Africa. May 4 – Cassinga Day, Namibia. May 25 – Africa Day.

  8. Freedom Day (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Day is an annual celebration held on April 27 in South Africa. The day reminds South Africans of the immeasurable sacrifices made by individuals and nations to break them away from the chains of unjust segregation by a selected few. It reminds them of the efforts of their national heroes, particularly Nelson Mandela. He is regarded as a ...

  9. Day of the Vow - Wikipedia

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    A reenactment of the 1838 vow in the 1938 film, They Built a Nation The Day of the Vow (Afrikaans: Geloftedag) is a religious public holiday in South Africa.It is an important day for Afrikaners, originating from the Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838, before which about 400 Voortrekkers made a promise to God that if he rescued them out of the hands of the approximately 20,000 Zulu ...