África do Sul (Cabo Setentrional) : feriados, fechamento de bancos, as férias escolares

Feriado secular : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

Feriado secular : Ascension Day in Orania only

Feriado secular : Bitter Enders’ Day: No, not for the people who stuck with the last few episodes of Game of Thrones. This pays tribute to the end of the Second Boer War in Orania only

Feriado secular : In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the then Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools. The issue, however, was not so much the Afrikaans as the whole system of Bantu education which was characterised by separate schools and universities, poor facilities, overcrowded classrooms and inadequately trained teachers. On 16 June 1976 more than 20 000 pupils from Soweto began a protest march. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Previously known as Soweto Day.

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Feriado secular : Comemora a 9 de agosto de 1956 quando mulheres participaram de uma marcha nacional a petição contra leis pass (legislação que exigia pessoas africanas carregar um documento para 'provar' que eles foram autorizados a entrar em uma área de' branca'

Feriado secular : Linguistics Day: Dedicated to the heritage and culture of the Afrikaans language. in Orania only

Feriado secular : All that the people of South Africa inherit: the sum total of wild life and scenic parks, sites of scientific or historical importance, national monuments, historic buildings, works of art, literature and music, oral traditions and museum collections together with their documentation. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Feriado secular : All that the people of South Africa inherit: the sum total of wild life and scenic parks, sites of scientific or historical importance, national monuments, historic buildings, works of art, literature and music, oral traditions and museum collections together with their documentation. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

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Feriado secular : Heroes Day or Kruger’s Day in Orania only