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Official: South Africa gets an extra public holiday to vote in November | SA News

South Africa is getting another public holiday in 2026 after President Cyril Ramaphosa officially declared Wednesday, November 4, the date of the local government elections, a public holiday.

The additional day off is directly linked to the local government elections and is intended to allow South Africans to participate in the vote.

The declaration followed the official gazetting and proclamation of November 4 as the election date by Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa in August.

Ramaphosa’s declaration was made in terms of Section 2A of the Public Holidays Act.

The section gives the president the power to declare a specific day a public holiday…

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