Fancy a long holiday? How to book 5 days leave and get a 12-day break in March!
By booking five days off work at the end of March 2024, South Africans will be rewarded with a generous 12-day break.
Public holiday ‘season’ is around the corner for South Africans. Between 21 March and 29 May, there are no fewer than SIX public holidays.
As reported by The South African last week, South Africa will have 14 public holidays in 2024 (one which has lapsed at the time of publishing – New Year’s day.)
These public holidays include an additional day off to celebrate one public holiday which falls on a Sunday (Monday, 17 June where Youth Day will be observed.)
Unfortunately for the people of Mzansi, they will ‘lose’ a public holiday this year as Freedom Day falls on Saturday, 27 April.
On the upside, South Africans gain an extra holiday due to the 2024 general elections.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced this date as Wednesday, 29 May.
HOW TO GET A 12-DAY BREAK AND ONLY TAKE FIVE DAY’S LEAVE
The dates on which Good Friday and Easter Sunday fall are determined according to the ecclesiastical moon. This varies each year but they fall at some point between late March and late April.
In 2024, Easter Friday and ‘Easter Monday’ fall on 29 March and 1 April, respectively.
South Africa’s next public holiday is Human Rights Day – on Thursday, 21 March.
So, if South Africans book off 22, 25, 26 27, and 28 March, they will get 12 days off work from 21 March to 1 April!
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ANNOUNCES 2024 ELECTION DATE
Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa, as indicated in a statement from the presidency, selected the 2024 election date “in accordance with section 49(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, read with section 17 of the Electoral act of 1998.”
Ramaphosa said he had engaged with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and consulted with all nine provincial premiers regarding the date and readiness.
Read more on this announcement here.