Public Holidays

Discover upcoming public holiday dates for Namibia and start planning to make the most of your time off.

2026 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Thu	New Year's Day
21 Mar	Sat	Independence Day
3 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
6 Apr	Mon	Easter Monday
1 May	Fri	Workers' Day
4 May	Mon	Cassinga Day
14 May	Thu	Ascension Day
25 May	Mon	Africa Day
28 May	Thu	Genocide Remembrance Day
26 Aug	Wed	Heroes Day
10 Dec	Thu	Human Rights Day / Women's Day
25 Dec	Fri	Christmas Day
26 Dec	Sat	Family Day
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2027 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Fri	New Year's Day
21 Mar	Sun	Independence Day
22 Mar	Mon	Independence Day Holiday
26 Mar	Fri	Good Friday
29 Mar	Mon	Easter Monday
1 May	Sat	Workers' Day
4 May	Tue	Cassinga Day
6 May	Thu	Ascension Day
25 May	Tue	Africa Day
28 May	Fri	Genocide Remembrance Day
26 Aug	Thu	Heroes Day
10 Dec	Fri	Human Rights Day / Women's Day
25 Dec	Sat	Christmas Day
26 Dec	Sun	Family Day
27 Dec	Mon	Family Day Holiday
The dates in this table are an estimate. We will update this page once the official public holiday dates for 2027 are released.

2028 Public Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
1 Jan	Sat	New Year's Day
21 Mar	Tue	Independence Day
14 Apr	Fri	Good Friday
17 Apr	Mon	Easter Monday
1 May	Mon	Workers' Day
4 May	Thu	Cassinga Day
25 May	Thu	Ascension Day
25 May	Thu	Africa Day
28 May	Sun	Genocide Remembrance Day
26 Aug	Sat	Heroes Day
10 Dec	Sun	Human Rights Day / Women's Day
25 Dec	Mon	Christmas Day
26 Dec	Tue	Family Day
The dates in this table are an estimate. We will update this page once the official public holiday dates for 2028 are released.

Namibia has established 12 national holidays under the Holiday Act of 1990. This law replaces the previous Holiday Act of 1987 and has not had any additional changes or amendments made to the Act since its inception. However, different special holidays that are one-time events have taken place on different years.

Under this law, any holiday that falls on a Sunday is automatically moved to the following Monday. The laws of Namibia also allow the President to declare up to two additional holidays each year at their discretion. If any holidays are declared using this law, they are published in the National Gazette and are only observed for that specific year. Employers are required to acknowledge these holidays.

Chapter 3, Part C Section 21 of the Namibia Labour Code states that all employees are required to receive a paid day off for a nationally recognised holiday if they come to work the day before and the day after the holiday. If either of these days is missed by the fault of the employee, they do not receive holiday pay.

Any employee that works on a holiday because of the nature of their position are required to receive time and one half as a rate of pay per hour for every hour worked that day or, if the employee agrees, a different paid day off to replace the missed holiday.