Voting Day 2024 South Africa Public Holiday. The upcoming election day on wednesday, 29 may 2024, has been declared a public holiday throughout the republic of south africa. There is no rule or law that determines that voting day must be a public.

The office of the president has confirmed that in terms of section 49(2) of the constitution, read with section 17 of the electoral act 73 of 1998, president cyril ramaphosa has proclaimed. This decision was announced by the presidency via.