Double Your Leave Days In 2025 With These Easy Calendar Hacks

As the festive season draws to a close and planning begins for the next holiday season, weve provided simple and efficient hacks to allow for extended vacations.

The norm for workers, is to receive approximately 20 days of annual leave as well as relevant public holidays. Planning leave around these public holidays is an efficient way to maximise your time off in 2025.

In 2025, South Africans will have approximately 12 public holidays throughout the year, as confirmed by the South African Government . With meticulous planning, workers may be able to stretch 20 days of leave into 47 days off in entirety by taking advantage of these public holidays.

Firstly, should employees take a single day of leave on Monday, 24 March, this could ultimately result in a rejuvenating four-day weekend. This is because Friday, 21 March, is a public holiday so taking leave on the relevant day entitles workers to a makeshift long-weekend.

In addition, if workers were to take a total of 4 days leave during the Easter holiday period, this could result in an 11-day vacation. This is because Friday, 18 April as well as Monday, 21 April, are both public holidays. If workers take leave from 22 April until 25 April, this results in a whopping 11 days off.