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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 ...
March 22 – Independence Day, Public holidays in Namibia. [8] March 23 – Southern African Liberation Day, Public holidays in Angola. [9] April 19 – King Mswati III′s Birthday, Public holidays in Eswatini. [10] April 27 – Freedom Day (South Africa), Public holidays in South Africa. [11] May 4 – Cassinga Day, Namibia. [8] May 25 ...
10 March – Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is appointed Chief Justice of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2022. 16 March – President Cyril Ramaphosa recognised Prince Misuzulu Zulu as the King of AmaZulu nation in South Africa after a long court battle. [5] 19 March – Dr Esther Mahlangu was attacked at her homestead. The attacker ...
March Holidays and Observances. Hearst Owned. March 1. World Candle Day. World Compliment Day. World Music Therapy Day. World Seagrass Day. National Peanut Butter Lover's Day. Saint David's Day.
South Africa [71] 12 12 South Korea [72] 14 14 Spain [73] 12 13 depending on autonomous community Sri Lanka [74] 25 25 Sweden [75] 12 12 Switzerland [76] 9 15 depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend Taiwan [77] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [78] 16 16 East Timor [79] 18 18 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31 ...
17 March. 1861 - The political and social movement that on 17 March 1861 ended in the annexation of various states of the Italian peninsula and its outlying isles to the Kingdom of Sardinia, resulting in the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. Ivory Coast: Independence Day: 7 August: 1960 France: Effective date of the agreement with France signed ...
National Women's Day (Zulu: Usuku Lwabesifazane, Afrikaans: Nasionale Vrouedag) is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as "black" under The Population Registration Act to carry an ...
21 March - Human Rights Day; 29 March – Good Friday; 1 April – Family Day; 27 April – Freedom Day; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 16–17 June – Youth Day; 9 August - National Women's Day; 24 September – Heritage Day; 16 December – Day of Reconciliation; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Day of Goodwill