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🇿🇦 General Elections in South Africa
Public Holiday for 2024 General Elections
Date in South Africa
May 29
Instituted2024
Public life in South Africa
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
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Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1900 N'Djamena City is founded as Fort Lamy. · Chad
- 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo assumes office as the president of Nigeria, becoming the first elected civilian head of state after 16 years of military rule. · Nigeria
- 2002 Malian president Alpha Konaré pardons former president Moussa Traoré and his wife, who are serving life sentences for embezzling state funds. · Mali
- 2007 Umaru Yar'Adua is sworn in as Nigeria's president. · Nigeria
- 2013 Nigeria commissions its first cable-stayed bridge, the Lekki-Ikoy Bridge in Lagos, measuring 1.36 kilometres in length. · Nigeria