PublicShut

Youth Day

Tuesday, 16 Jun 2026 · South Africa · Nationwide · Public holiday

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Bridge day check

Falls on a Tuesday. Book the Monday off and you get a four-day weekend — expect a lot of colleagues to do exactly that.

Book off 15 Jun 2026 for 4 days off.

What the day is for

Commemorates the Soweto uprising of 16 June 1976, when schoolchildren protesting Afrikaans-medium instruction were shot. Marked at the Hector Pieterson Memorial.

Do shops and banks close?

Banks and offices close; retail opens.

Getting around

Normal services with local closures around Soweto commemorations.

When it falls each year

Floating holidays shift; fixed ones move only in which weekday they land on.

2025Monday · 16 Jun 20253-day break

2026Tuesday · 16 Jun 2026Bridge to 4 days

2027Wednesday · 16 Jun 20271-day break

2028Friday · 16 Jun 20283-day break

2029Saturday · 16 Jun 20292-day break

See the full South Africa holiday calendar or count the working days.