Christmas has been extended as South Africans will get to enjoy Tuesday, 27 December 2022, as a public holiday, in lieu of Christmas Day falling on a Sunday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa through a statement on Thursday announced that this was in terms of Section 2A of the Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994), stating that the holiday has been granted to uphold relevant labour law principles and practices.
“Section 2(1) of the Public Holidays Act provides that “whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a public holiday. In this instance, the Monday following the 25 December 2022 is another public holiday, Day of Goodwill, If the holiday of Sunday 25 December were to be moved to Monday 26 December, this would cancel the holiday of 26 December or cause the two holidays – which are part of 12 paid public holidays annually – to overlap.,” reads the statement from the Presidency.
“This would mean workers would only have 11 paid public holidays in this year, while Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act provides that “… every employee shall be entitled to … at least the number of public holidays as provided for in this Act.”
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