Plan your school holidays accordingly for the remainder of 2017 and 2018, by downloading updated school holiday calendars here. (Only in South Africa.)

Not all parents can keep up when it comes to the dates of school terms or school holidays. I myself was caught out this term, somewhere between work and home, I managed to forget which day was the last of the third term… yikes! 

So if you need a handy reminder, print multiple copies of this calendar and put them up all around the house, the car, your office… wherever you’ll see it often. We’ve included 2017, because the year isn’t quite over yet!  

December 2017 school holiday: This holiday starts from Thursday 07 December to Tuesday 16 January (24 working days, 41 total days). 

Here is a printable 2017 school holidays calendar for South Africa. 

And then here is the printable 2018 school holidays calendar dates for South Africa. 

2018 South African school holidays   

Here is a printable 2018 school holidays calendar for South Africa.

December 2017 school holiday:
This holiday ends Tuesday 16 January. 

April 2018 school holiday:
This holiday starts from Thursday 29 March to Tuesday 09 April (11 working days, 17 total days). 

July 2018 school holiday:

This holiday starts from Monday 25 June to Monday 16 July (15 working days, 23 total days). 

October 2018 school holiday:
This holiday starts from Monday 01 October to Monday 08 October (5 working days, 9 total days). 

December 2018 school holiday:

This holiday starts from Thursday 13 December to Tuesday 08 January (24 working days, 41 total days). 

Also note: if you are in the teaching profession, you will be working for an extra two days at the end of the year, and you will start two days earlier in January. 

Now share this article with your colleagues, friends and family, so you can be sure that you are all on top of your school holiday game. 

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