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SADC Public Holidays 2026

The table below contains the list of official SADC (Southern African Development Community) public holidays for the calendar year 2026. The qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available, immediately, with a professional license.

Date	Weekday	Countries
Jan 1	Thursday	Angola, Botswana, Congo (DRC), eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Jan 2	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Mauritius, Seychelles
Jan 4	Sunday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 6	Tuesday	eSwatini
Jan 12	Monday	Tanzania
Jan 15	Thursday	Congo (DRC), Malawi
Jan 16	Friday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 17	Saturday	Congo (DRC)
Jan 25	Sunday	Angola*
Feb 1	Sunday	Mauritius, Mauritius
Feb 3	Tuesday	Mozambique
Feb 4	Wednesday	Angola
Feb 15	Sunday	Mauritius
Feb 16	Monday	Angola
Feb 17	Tuesday	Angola, Mauritius
Feb 21	Saturday	Zimbabwe
Mar 3	Tuesday	Malawi
Mar 8	Sunday	Angola, Madagascar*, Zambia
Mar 9	Monday	Zambia
Mar 11	Wednesday	Lesotho
Mar 12	Thursday	Mauritius, Zambia
Mar 16	Monday	eSwatini
Mar 20	Friday	Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania
Mar 21	Saturday	Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania
Mar 23	Monday	Angola
Mar 29	Sunday	Madagascar
Apr 3	Friday	Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 4	Saturday	Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 5	Sunday	Madagascar, Namibia, Zambia
Apr 6	Monday	Botswana, Congo (DRC), eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Apr 7	Tuesday	Mozambique, Tanzania
Apr 18	Saturday	Zimbabwe
Apr 19	Sunday	eSwatini
Apr 20	Monday	eSwatini
Apr 25	Saturday	eSwatini
Apr 26	Sunday	Tanzania
Apr 27	Monday	South Africa
Apr 28	Tuesday	Zambia
May 1	Friday	Angola, Botswana, Congo (DRC), eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 4	Monday	Namibia
May 14	Thursday	Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia
May 15	Friday	Congo (DRC)
May 17	Sunday	Congo (DRC)
May 24	Sunday	Madagascar
May 25	Monday	Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
May 27	Wednesday	Madagascar, Tanzania
May 28	Thursday	Namibia
June 4	Thursday	Seychelles
June 16	Tuesday	South Africa, Tanzania*
June 18	Thursday	Seychelles
June 25	Thursday	Mozambique
June 26	Friday	Madagascar
June 29	Monday	Seychelles
June 30	Tuesday	Congo (DRC)
July		Botswana, Tanzania*
July		Malawi, Zambia
July		Tanzania, Zambia
July		Lesotho
July		Botswana
July		Botswana
July		Congo (DRC), Congo (DRC)
Aug		Congo (DRC)
Aug		Congo (DRC)
Aug		Zambia
Aug		Tanzania
Aug		South Africa
Aug		South Africa, Zimbabwe
Aug		Zimbabwe
Aug		Zambia
Aug		Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Aug		Tanzania
Aug		Namibia
Aug		eSwatini
Sep		eSwatini
Sep		eSwatini, Mozambique
Sep		Zimbabwe
Sep		Mauritius
Sep		Angola
Sep		Angola
Sep		South Africa
Sep		Mozambique
Sep		Botswana
Oct		Botswana
Oct		Lesotho, Mozambique
Oct		Mozambique
Oct		Tanzania
Oct		Malawi
Oct		Zambia
Oct		Zambia
Oct		Zambia
Nov		Madagascar, Seychelles
Nov		Angola, Mauritius, Seychelles
Nov		Mauritius
Nov		Mozambique*
Nov		Angola
Dec		Seychelles
Dec		Tanzania
Dec		Namibia
Dec		South Africa
Dec		Zimbabwe
Dec		Angola*
Dec		Angola, Botswana, Congo (DRC), eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dec		Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Dec		eSwatini
Dec		eSwatini, Malawi
Dec		Angola*

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