Public holidays in Zimbabwe

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The following is a list of holidays in Zimbabwe:[1]

## Public holidays

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Date  | English Name

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1 January  | New Year's Day
21 February  | National Youth Day
Variable  | Good Friday
Variable  | Holy Saturday
Variable  | Easter Monday
18 April  | Independence Day
1 May  | Labour Day
25 May  | Africa Day
Second Monday in August  | Heroes' Day
Second Tuesday in August  | Defence Forces Day
22 December  | National Unity Day
25 December  | Christmas Day
26 December  | Boxing Day

## See also

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* Public holidays in Rhodesia, for historical holidays

## References

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1. ^ Public holidays are as detailed in the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act (Chapter 10:21), its various amendments and General Notices

## Further reading

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* Public Holidays 2017
* Public Holidays 2016

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Public holidays in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
* Western Sahara

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Zimbabwe articles

1890–1923: Company rule; 1923–1980: Southern Rhodesia; 1953–1963: Federation; 1965–1979: Rhodesia under UDI; 1979: Zimbabwe Rhodesia under UDI; 1980–present: Zimbabwe

History|

| Chronology|

* Pre-colonial
* Rudd Concession
* Company rule
* Pioneer Column
* First Matabele War
* Shangani Patrol
* Second Matabele War
* Second Boer War
* First World War
* Southern Rhodesia
* colonial history
* Second World War
* Rhodesia-Nyasaland federation
* Malayan Emergency involvement
* Unilateral Declaration of Independence
* Rhodesia
* Bush War
* 1975 Victoria Falls Conference
* 1976 Geneva Conference
* Internal Settlement
* Zimbabwe Rhodesia
* Lancaster House Agreement
* Gukurahundi
* 2008–2009 cholera outbreak
* 2016–2017 protests
* 2017 coup d'état
* 2019 fuel protests

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* Central bank
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Demographics|

| Ethnic groups
(diaspora)|

| Black|

* Kunda
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* Tonga

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White|

* Afrikaners
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* Portuguese

Others|

* Coloureds (Goffals)
* Jews
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Languages|

* Afrikaans
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* Sindebele

Symbols|

* Animal
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* Emblem
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