Southern, Botswana

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Southern, Botswana for 2024 ready to be integrated into your application.

On September 30, 1996, Bechuanaland declared independence from the British Empire, and was renamed the Republic of Botswana. Nearly 70% of the country lies in the Kalahari Desert. Nearly 20% of the population of Botswana is infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. Botswana’s economy relies upon mining, cattle and tourism.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Monday New Year's Day Long weekend.
March 20th Wednesday March Equinox
March 29th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
March 31st Sunday Easter
April 1st Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
May 1st Wednesday Labor Day
May 9th Thursday Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
May 12th Sunday Mother's Day
June 20th Thursday June Solstice
July 1st Monday Sir Seretse Khama Day Long weekend.
July 15th Monday Presidents' Day Long weekend.
September 22nd Sunday September Equinox
September 30th Monday Botswana Day Long weekend.
October 1st Tuesday Botswana Day Holiday
December 21st Saturday December Solstice
December 24th Tuesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Wednesday Christmas Day
December 26th Thursday Boxing Day
December 31st Tuesday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="BW-SO" -d year="2024" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "BW-SO",
  "year": "2024",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'BW-SO',
  year: '2024',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'BW-SO',
  'year' => '2024',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "BW-SO"
$Body.year = "2024"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BW-SO',
  'year': '2024',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BW-SO',
  'year': '2024',
})