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Public holidays and the South African economy...
I'd be the first person to say that the recent spate of public holidays were a welcome break from quite a hectic year, BUT what does this mean to the South African economy?
Working for an international company, I can't help but feel guilty every time we are sleeping in (winter mornings are great for these), whilst they are keeping the fort. Surely South Africa must be one of the countries with most public holidays?
These are the ones for 2009:
In light of the above, I found the following article immensely humorous: Zuma urges SA to get to work, starts with three-day week
Back to tackling the backlog left after these darn holidays ;-)
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10 August is not really a holiday and 22 April is not a regular holiday either. That leaves 12. Here are the winners: 1. China, Hong Kong: 16 days 1. Egypt: 16 days 3. India: 15 days 3. Indonesia: 15 days 3. Thailand: 15 days 3. Morocco: 15 days 7. Malaysia: 14 days 8. South Korea: 13 days 9. Chile: 13 days 9. Turkey: 13 days
Hi Anonymous,
Wow! That is quite a number of days in China. It puts things into perspective.
Take note that the days listed in my original post was for 2009. In South Africa you get the Monday as a holiday, should the original public holiday fall on a Sunday. You can see it as some kind of freebie.
Kind Regards
Danie Krige