South Africa Holidays 2026

How many holidays are there in South Africa in 2026?

There are 12 public holidays and 40 holidays and observances in total in South Africa in 2026. Planning ahead? Check upcoming holidays

How do I add South Africa holidays to my calendar?

Use the Subscribe to calendar link above to add an auto-updating feed to Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, or use Export → Calendar (.ics) to download this year's holidays.

How to retrieve the South Africa holidays list via API?

Make a GET request to v1/holidays?country=ZA&year=2026 to retrieve this list. Here is an example using our official package on NPM:

// npm i 11holidays
import HolidaysApi from '11holidays';

const instance = new HolidaysApi(API_KEY);
const holidays = await instance.holidays.list({
  country: 'ZA',
  year: '2026'
});