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Working days in May 2026: 20
May 2026 had 20 working days in South Africa: 21 weekdays, less 1 public holiday (Workers’ Day on Friday 1 May).
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- 20Working days160 hours at 8 a day
- 21Weekdays31 days in the month
- 1Holidays on weekdaysPublic holidays
- 25With SaturdaysA six-day week
The month at a glance
May 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Workers’ Day | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Public holidays in May 2026
| Date | Public holiday |
|---|---|
| 1 MayFriday | Workers’ DayLong weekend |
Every month of 2026
How we count
A working day here is Monday to Friday, less public holidays. Tick Saturdays for a six-day week: Saturdays then count, unless one is a public holiday. Sundays never count. Both the first and the last date are included.
Public holidays come from the Public Holidays Act: when one falls on a Sunday, the Monday after it is a holiday too, and days the President declares, such as election days, are included. A holiday on a Saturday doesn’t move, so in a five-day week it takes no working day away.
Public holidays in 2026, with the long weekends
Source: the Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994 (Schedule 1 and sections 2(1) and 2A) and the President’s proclamations in the Government Gazette, checked against the government’s published lists on 7 November 2026.