🇿🇦
Public in South Africa
Van Riebeeck's Day in South Africa
Commemorated the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck at the Cape
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
🏦 ClosedSchools
Educational institutions are closed
🏫 ClosedGovernment Offices
Government services unavailable
🏛️ ClosedCalendar Details
Calendar Systems
gregorian
What this holiday commemorates
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
📅 Established1994
Last observed in South Africa
🇿🇦Final celebration recorded in South Africa
⏰ Last ObservedAlternative & Historical Names in South Africa
🇿🇦
South Africa
Historical Names:
Founder's Day
Current Status in South Africa
🇿🇦
South Africa
Last observed: 1994
Public Holiday
Period: 1952-1994
Date: April 6, 1994