LONG weekends in 2024: TAKE 17 days, get 44 OFF

It’s that time of year when you can check out and look at long weekends in 2024 to plan your leave strategy for the new year. South Africa has an above average amount of public holidays compared to most Western nations: 12 versus an average of roughly 10.

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Still, don’t feel bad if you’re looking to the long weekends in 2024 already. The countries with the most are Nepal with 35 public holidays, followed by Myanmar with 32. So they don’t have to be as clever about stringing together long weekends in 2024, now do they …

LONG WEEKENDS IN 2024

Below is a list of South African long weekends in 2024, published by PublicHolidays.co.za.

Date	Day	Public Holiday
1 January	Monday	New Year’s Day
21 March	Thursday	Human Rights Day
29 March	Friday	Good Friday
1 April	Monday	Family Day
27 April	Saturday	Freedom Day
1 May	Wednesday	Workers’ Day
16 June	Sunday (observed on Monday)	Youth Day
9 August	Friday	Women’s Day
24 September	Tuesday	Heritage Day
16 December	Monday	Day of Reconciliation
25 December	Wednesday	Christmas Day
26 December	Thursday	Day of Goodwill

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TAKE 17 DAYS, GET 44 OFF

Unfortunately, long weekends in 2024 don’t fall all that ideally compared to recent years. Nevertheless, we’ve combed through the calendar and worked out the following. If you take 5 days from Human Rights Day in March 2024, you’ll get 12 days off spanning to the end of Easter.

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Similarly, Workers Day in May 2024 falls on a Wednesday, but if you took the remaining 4 days that week you’d score 9 days off. Heritage Day in September 2024 is on a Tuesday so grab Monday 23 September and you have an easy 4 days for a getaway.

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Long weekends in 2024 culminate with the good old Day of Reconciliation. Assuming you have 7 leave days in the bank, they could get you to Christmas and New Years for a whopping 19-day break. Just perfect for recharging after a long year! So, 17 days of well-planned leave in 2024 will score you 44 days off. Are you amped for 2024 or what?

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