Dwellers of Cape Town celebrate their official public holidays with great pomp and pleasure. These holidays instill a cheerful mood to the routine life of the Cape Town citizens.
About Cape Town Holidays
The people of Cape Town celebrate a great number of public holidays spread all throughout the year. As most of the holidays are celebrated with distinct ceremonies and parades, so travelers to Cape Town may also take pleasure in the enjoyment of festivity during the Cape Town holidays.
List of Cape Town official public holidays
The list of public holidays in Cape Town is given below:
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- 1st January: New Year's Day
- 21st March: Human rights day
- Good Friday: On this day most of the industries remain closed.
- Family Day: the Monday after Easter Sunday
- 27th April: Freedom Day
- 1st May: Workers Day
- 16th June: Youth Day (formerly this day was known as Soweto Day)
- 9th August: National Women's Day
- 24th September: Heritage Day
- 16th December: Day of Reconciliation
- 25th December: Christmas day
- 26th December: Day of Goodwill
On these official public holidays most of the offices, organizations and institutes remained closed and the picturesque city of Cape Town becomes more lively and dazzling.
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