National Women's Day 2026 in South Africa

National Women’s Day is listed in South Africa on August 9, 2026. The supplied background explains that it commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest pass laws. It also notes that the first National Women’s Day was celebrated in 1995. The date recognizes an important episode in the country’s history and the women who took part; the calendar establishes its public-holiday status, but does not imply that everyone marks the day in the same way.