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School terms 2028
Term dates and school holidays for public schools in all provinces, from the 2028 calendar the Minister of Basic Education published in the Government Gazette. Also see 2026 and 2027.
2028 term dates (public schools, all provinces)
Term
Learners start
Learners finish
School days
Term 1
Wednesday 12 January 2028Teachers from Mon 10 Jan
Friday 17 March 2028
48
Term 2
Tuesday 28 March 2028
Wednesday 14 June 2028
52
Term 3
Tuesday 11 July 2028
Friday 22 September 2028
53
Term 4
Tuesday 3 October 2028
Wednesday 6 December 2028Teachers until Fri 8 Dec
47
Year
200
School holidays 2028
10 daysSat 18 Mar – Mon 27 MarAfter term 1
26 daysThu 15 Jun – Mon 10 JulAfter term 2
10 daysSat 23 Sep – Mon 2 OctAfter term 3
From Thu 7 DecEnd of year (the next year's calendar is not gazetted yet)
Days off during term
Friday 28 April 2028Special school holiday (schools only, not a public holiday)
School day Public holiday Special school holiday Weekend
January 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: New Year's Day
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12: Term 1
13: Term 1
14: Term 1
15
16
17: Term 1
18: Term 1
19: Term 1
20: Term 1
21: Term 1
22
23
24: Term 1
25: Term 1
26: Term 1
27: Term 1
28: Term 1
29
30
31: Term 1
February 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Term 1
2: Term 1
3: Term 1
4: Term 1
5
6
7: Term 1
8: Term 1
9: Term 1
10: Term 1
11: Term 1
12
13
14: Term 1
15: Term 1
16: Term 1
17: Term 1
18: Term 1
19
20
21: Term 1
22: Term 1
23: Term 1
24: Term 1
25: Term 1
26
27
28: Term 1
29: Term 1
March 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Term 1
2: Term 1
3: Term 1
4
5
6: Term 1
7: Term 1
8: Term 1
9: Term 1
10: Term 1
11
12
13: Term 1
14: Term 1
15: Term 1
16: Term 1
17: Term 1
18
19
20
21: Human Rights Day
22
23
24
25
26
27
28: Term 2
29: Term 2
30: Term 2
31: Term 2
April 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
2
3: Term 2
4: Term 2
5: Term 2
6: Term 2
7: Term 2
8
9
10: Term 2
11: Term 2
12: Term 2
13: Term 2
14: Good Friday
15
16
17: Family Day
18: Term 2
19: Term 2
20: Term 2
21: Term 2
22
23
24: Term 2
25: Term 2
26: Term 2
27: Freedom Day
28: Special school holiday
29
30
May 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Workers' Day
2: Term 2
3: Term 2
4: Term 2
5: Term 2
6
7
8: Term 2
9: Term 2
10: Term 2
11: Term 2
12: Term 2
13
14
15: Term 2
16: Term 2
17: Term 2
18: Term 2
19: Term 2
20
21
22: Term 2
23: Term 2
24: Term 2
25: Term 2
26: Term 2
27
28
29: Term 2
30: Term 2
31: Term 2
June 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Term 2
2: Term 2
3
4
5: Term 2
6: Term 2
7: Term 2
8: Term 2
9: Term 2
10
11
12: Term 2
13: Term 2
14: Term 2
15
16: Youth Day
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
July 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11: Term 3
12: Term 3
13: Term 3
14: Term 3
15
16
17: Term 3
18: Term 3
19: Term 3
20: Term 3
21: Term 3
22
23
24: Term 3
25: Term 3
26: Term 3
27: Term 3
28: Term 3
29
30
31: Term 3
August 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Term 3
2: Term 3
3: Term 3
4: Term 3
5
6
7: Term 3
8: Term 3
9: National Women's Day
10: Term 3
11: Term 3
12
13
14: Term 3
15: Term 3
16: Term 3
17: Term 3
18: Term 3
19
20
21: Term 3
22: Term 3
23: Term 3
24: Term 3
25: Term 3
26
27
28: Term 3
29: Term 3
30: Term 3
31: Term 3
September 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Term 3
2
3
4: Term 3
5: Term 3
6: Term 3
7: Term 3
8: Term 3
9
10
11: Term 3
12: Term 3
13: Term 3
14: Term 3
15: Term 3
16
17
18: Term 3
19: Term 3
20: Term 3
21: Term 3
22: Term 3
23
24: Heritage Day
25: Heritage Day observed
26
27
28
29
30
October 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
2
3: Term 4
4: Term 4
5: Term 4
6: Term 4
7
8
9: Term 4
10: Term 4
11: Term 4
12: Term 4
13: Term 4
14
15
16: Term 4
17: Term 4
18: Term 4
19: Term 4
20: Term 4
21
22
23: Term 4
24: Term 4
25: Term 4
26: Term 4
27: Term 4
28
29
30: Term 4
31: Term 4
November 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Term 4
2: Term 4
3: Term 4
4
5
6: Term 4
7: Term 4
8: Term 4
9: Term 4
10: Term 4
11
12
13: Term 4
14: Term 4
15: Term 4
16: Term 4
17: Term 4
18
19
20: Term 4
21: Term 4
22: Term 4
23: Term 4
24: Term 4
25
26
27: Term 4
28: Term 4
29: Term 4
30: Term 4
December 2028
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1: Term 4
2
3
4: Term 4
5: Term 4
6: Term 4
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16: Day of Reconciliation
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25: Christmas Day
26: Day of Goodwill
27
28
29
30
31
General information, not legal advice. KayaCalendar gives general information based on the Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994, presidential declarations of special public holidays published on gov.za, and the public school calendars gazetted by the Minister of Basic Education. It is not legal advice and is not a government website. The President can declare extra public holidays, and provinces, schools and employers may set their own arrangements, so check important dates with the official source. Independent schools set their own dates. A province can apply to change dates in an emergency, and the Minister can amend the calendar by notice.
Where these dates come from
The Minister of Basic Education determines the school calendar for public schools under section 3(4)(k) of the National Education Policy Act and publishes it in the Government Gazette. The 2028 dates here come from 2028 Calendar for public schools (GN 8081, 23 October 2026).