Once-off Holidays
Since 1994 election days have been declared ad hoc public holidays.
31 December, 1999 and 2 January, 2000 were declared public holidays to accommodate the Y2K changeover, and 3 January, 2000 was automatically a public holiday because the previous holiday was a Sunday.
2 May, 2008 was declared a public holiday when Human Rights Day and Good Friday coincided on 21 March, 2008.
27 December 2011 was declared a holiday by acting president Kgalema Motlanthe as Christmas Day fell on a Sunday which generally makes the following Monday a public holiday. However the following Monday the 26 December 2011 was the Day of Goodwill and therefore decreased the number of paid public holidays for the year.
Read more about this topic: Public Holidays In South Africa