The president remains silent on declaring 27 December a public holiday
The pressure is mounting from South Africans for President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare 27 December 2022 a public holiday. The president has been keeping mum on the subject. Also read: Here are the designs of South Africa’s new circulation coins Many South Africans are hoping for the extra public holiday in December. Cosatu has joined the Federation of Unions of... Read more → The post The president remains silent on declaring 27 December a public holiday appeared first on CapeTown ETC.
The pressure is mounting from South Africans for President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare 27 December 2022 a public holiday. The president has been keeping mum on the subject.
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Many South Africans are hoping for the extra public holiday in December.
Cosatu has joined the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) in requesting the additional paid public holiday on 27 December this year. Ramaphosa is yet to provide a response.
Four of South Africa’s 12 public holidays fall over the festive season:
- Day of Reconciliation – Friday, 16 December
- Christmas Day – Sunday, 25 December
- Day of Goodwill (Boxing Day) – Monday, 26 December
- New Year’s Day – Sunday, 1 January
In a statement by legal firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH), the Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994 (Act) provides that “whenever any public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a public holiday.” The law states that where a public holiday falls on a Sunday, it is still regarded as a public holiday and the Monday following the public holiday becomes an additional public holiday.
This year, 25 December falls on a Sunday, which would mean that the Monday following the 25 December is an additional public holiday, but the 26 December 2022 is already a public holiday in terms of the Act.
CDH said, “This year, there has not yet been confirmation that President Cyril Ramaphosa will declare an additional public holiday on Tuesday, 27 December 2022. However, there is a possibility that this may occur.”
We had the same situation in 2016 when former president Jacob Zuma declared Tuesday, 27 December an additional public holiday.
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