School Holidays 2025 South Africa Gauteng. Term start date end date duration (weeks) public holidays; This adjustment brings the total number of school days in 2025 to 200, spread across four terms.

In a bid to address traffic congestion and optimize the school year, the department of basic education has announced key updates to the 2025 academic calendar. Good friday (18 april 2025), family day (21 april 2025), freedom day (27 april 2025), workers’ day (1 may 2025), youth day (16 june 2025) special school holidays: