Public Holidays - 2009
The 22nd April 2009 has been promulgated as a public holiday and will be known as Voters' Day
| January 01 | New Year's Day | June 16 | Youth Day |
| March 21 | Human Rights Day | August 09 | National Womens Day |
| April 10 | Good Friday | September 24 | Heritage Day |
| April 13 | Family Day | December 16 | Day of Reconciliation |
| April 22 | Voters' Day | December 25 | Christmas Day |
| April 27 | Freedom Day | December 26 | Day of Goodwill |
| May 01 | Workers Day |
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School Terms - 2009
Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, NorthWest & Limpopo
| 1st Term | 14 Jan - 27 March | 2nd Term | 15 April - 26 June |
| 3rd Term | 20 July - 23 Sept | 4th Term | 05 Oct - 11 Dec |
Eastern Cape & Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Cape & Western Cape
| 1st Term | 21 Jan - 03 April | 2nd Term | 15 April - 26 June |
| 3rd Term | 20 July - 23 Sept | 4th Term | 05 Oct - 11 Dec |
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Christian Holy Days - 2009
| February 25 | Ash Wednesday | June 07 | Trinity Sunday |
| April 05 | Palm Sunday | June 11 | Corpus Christi |
| April 10 | Good Friday | November 01 | All Saints Day |
| April 12 | Easter Sunday | November 02 | All Souls Day |
| May 21 | Ascension Day | November 29 | Advent Sunday |
| May 31 | Pentecost Day | December 25 | Christmas Day |
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Jewish Holy Days - 2009
| February 09 | Tu B'Shvat | May 31 | Lag B'Omer |
| March 10 | Purim | July 30 | Tisha B'Av |
| April 09 | Pesach (1st 2 days) | September 19 | Rosh Hashannah |
| April 10 | to | September 20 | to |
| April 15 | Pesach (Final 2 days) | September 28 | Yom Kippur |
| April 16 | to | October 03 | Sukkot |
| April 21 | Yom Hasho'ah | October 09 | to |
| April 29 | Yom Ha'atzmaut | October 10 | Shemini Atzeret |
| May 29 | Shavuot | October 11 | Simhat Torah |
| May 30 | to | December 12 | Hanukkah |
| December 19 | to |
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Islamic Holy Days - 2009
| January 07 | Day of Aashura | September 20 | Eid-Ul-Fitr |
| March 09 | Meelaad-Un Nabee Muhammad | November 26 | Youmi Arafah |
| July 19 | Laylatul Meeraj | November 27 | Eid-Ul-Adgha |
| August 06 | Laylatul Baraat | December 18 | 1st Muharram |
| August 22 | Commencement of Ramadan | December 27 | 10th Muharram |
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Hindu Festivals - 2009
| January 03 | Vasant Panchami | August 05 | Raksha Bandhan |
| February 23 | Maha Shivaratri | August 14 | Krishna Janmashtami |
| March 11 | Holi | August 23 | Ganesa Chaturthi |
| March 27 | Hindu | September 19 | Navaratri |
| April 03 | Ramanavami | September 27 | to |
| April 09 | Hanuman Jayanti | September 28 | Dasera |
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