The Department of Basic Education has announced the 2025 school calendar, featuring an extra week of special holidays from 28 ...

Learners will begin their first holiday break on 28 March, marking the end of Term 1 in a school year spanning 200 days.

The Department of Basic Education has granted three special school holidays around public holidays, giving pupils a week off.

There will be no Voting day (that we are aware of …) This means that South Africa will have 13 days of public holidays next year, but only 12 will be actual days off work. The fewer days off ...

These extra days come alongside Freedom Day, which is observed on Monday, 28 April (though the official date is Sunday, 27 April). This effectively creates a "school holiday week" for pupils and ...

Following the Easter long weekend, learners and teachers will return to school from Monday, April 22, to Friday, April 25.

With multiple public holidays taking place in April, the Department of Basic Education has announced special school holidays.

Schools in South Africa will only see 12 official ... However, the published 2026 calendar still provides one special school holiday, which will fall on a Monday (15 June) before Youth Day is ...

with learners set to begin their first holiday break on 28 March. Schools across South Africa opened on 15 January, marking ...