Christmas may be cancelled
No public holiday is sacred, says government as it reviews SA calendar
DOMINIC MAHLANGU, BRENDAN BOYLE and ROWAN PHILP
SOUTH Africa's 14 public holidays are up for review and "not one will be regarded as sacred".
This warning was given yesterday by Rufus Malatjie, chief director of legal services at the Department of Home Affairs, who heads a government task team evaluating the number of public holidays.
He said Christmas Day, Easter and Youth Day, on which the June 16 1976 Soweto uprising is commemorated, were also not exempt.
"I cannot guarantee that we will still have the Christmas Day holiday. At this stage anything is possible. There is no holiday that is regarded as being sacred. They are all being looked at," he said.
No public holiday is sacred, says government as it reviews SA calendar
DOMINIC MAHLANGU, BRENDAN BOYLE and ROWAN PHILP
SOUTH Africa's 14 public holidays are up for review and "not one will be regarded as sacred".
This warning was given yesterday by Rufus Malatjie, chief director of legal services at the Department of Home Affairs, who heads a government task team evaluating the number of public holidays.
He said Christmas Day, Easter and Youth Day, on which the June 16 1976 Soweto uprising is commemorated, were also not exempt.
"I cannot guarantee that we will still have the Christmas Day holiday. At this stage anything is possible. There is no holiday that is regarded as being sacred. They are all being looked at," he said.
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