President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared an additional public holiday on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, in terms of section 2A of the Public Holidays Act, in connection with the holding of local government elections. The purpose of the additional public holiday is to enable South African citizens to cast their votes and participate in the local government elections with greater ease.
If an employee works on a public holiday (including an additional public holiday that is declared), their employer must consider the provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 when determining the amount to pay them. In particular, the employer must consider whether the public holiday falls on a day on which the employee would ordinarily work. If the public holiday falls on a day on which the employee would ordinarily work and the employee works on that public holiday, then the employee is entitled to double their ordinary wage for the day or, if greater, the employee’s ordinary wage for the day “plus the amount earned by the employee for the time worked on that day.” However, if the employee does not work on the public holiday which falls on a day the employee would ordinarily work, the employee is entitled to their ordinary wage for the day.
If the public holiday falls on a day on which the employee would not ordinarily work and the employee works on that public holiday, the employee is entitled to their ordinary wage for the day and “the amount earned by the employee for...
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