남 아프리카 (노던 케이프) : 공휴일, 은행 마감, 학교 방학

학교 방학 :

세속적 인 휴일 : 설날인 음력 1월 1일과 구분하기 위하여 양력 1월 1일을 양력설이라고 한다. 양력설은 신정(新正)이라고도 하는데, 이것은 일본에서 와레키(和曆)를 양력으로 바꿀 때 음력설을 구정(正)이라고 부르면서 만든 말이다.[4] 대한민국에서는 1989년까지는 이날부터 1월 3일까지 연휴였으나, 1989년에 설날이 3일 연휴(설날 전날, 설날, 설날 다음날)가 되면서 1990년에 1월 3일이 공휴일에서 제외되었고, 1999년에 1월 2일이 공휴일에서 제외되어 현재는 1월 1일 하루만 공휴일이다. 대한민국에서는 설날처럼 일가친척이 모이지는 않더라도 가정에서는 보통 떡국을 먹으며, 일부 가정은 양력설을 쇠기도 한다. 세배가 아닌 다른 새해 인사는 양력설 즈음에 하는 것이 보편화되어 가는 추세이며, 보신각 타종과 전국 각지의 해돋이 행사 등 묵은 해를 보내고 새해를 맞이하는 새해 첫날의 의미는 양력설이 설날보다 매우 강하다. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]

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35% of black Africans, 32% of coloureds, 61% of Indians/Asians and 76% of white citizens have completed high school
number of instructional days per year in lower secondary education: 203 days
Teaching languages: English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
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University of Cape Town ranking: Times Higher Education #148/QS ranking #191/Shanghai #201-300
University of the Witwatersrand ranking: Times Higher Education #182/QS ranking #364/Shanghai (2023) #301-400
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세속적 인 휴일 : Majuba Day: Celebrates the end of the First Boer War. All set up for a sequel in May in Orania only

세속적 인 휴일 : On this day in 1960 the police killed 69 people at Sharpeville who were participating in a protest against the pass laws. Many were shot in the back. The carnage made world headlines. Four days later the government banned black political organizations, many leaders were arrested or went into exile. During the Apartheid era there were human rights abuses by all sides; Human Rights Day is but one step to ensure that the people of South Africa are aware of their human rights and to ensure that such abuses never again occur. [http://africanhistory.about.com]

학교 방학 :

가톨릭이나 개신교 : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.