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Public in South Africa
Settlers' Day in South Africa
Commemorated the arrival of the 1820 British Settlers
Quick Facts
Pre-Independence
Established before national independence
🏛️ Historical
Holiday Type
Classification in South Africa
Public
Established
Officially instituted in South Africa
1952
Practical Information in South Africa
Banks
Banks are closed
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Educational institutions are closed
🏫 ClosedGovernment Offices
Government services unavailable
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Calendar Systems
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On this day in African history
- 1969 Kofi Abrefa Busia assumes office as Prime Minister of Ghana, leading the Progress Party government into a difficult inheritance of inflation and exter... · Ghana
- 1969 Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa assumes the chairmanship of the newly created three-member Presidential Commission to oversee the transition to civilian rule. · Ghana
- 1978 An Air Rhodesia plane is shot down by the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army over Kariba. The crash survivors are found by guerillas, and massacred.... · Zimbabwe
- 1981 Mbiyu Koinange's intestate death sets off a decades-long legal battle over an estate of nearly 6,000 acres spanning Kiambu, Nairobi, Nakuru, and Momba... · Kenya
- 1987 President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza of Burundi is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by Major Pierre Buyoya.
In South Africa, around 1952
- 1952 Oliver Tambo establishes South Africa's first Black legal partnership, Mandela & Tambo, with Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. · South Africa
- 1952 (c.) Albert Luthuli dismissed from his Groutville chieftaincy by the apartheid government after refusing to abandon the Defiance Campaign. · South Africa
- 1952 Albert Luthuli elected President-General of the African National Congress at the annual national conference in Queenstown. · South Africa
Historical Timeline
1952
Instituted in South Africa
🇿🇦Holiday officially established in South Africa
📅 Established1979
Last observed in South Africa
🇿🇦Final celebration recorded in South Africa
⏰ Last ObservedCurrent Status in South Africa
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South Africa
Last observed: 1979
Public Holiday
Period: 1952-1979
Date: September 3, 1979