HACK: How to Maximise Your Leave Days In 2025
It is true when they say love what you do so you will never work a day in your life! However, we all need a little TLC now and again. Those nine to fives are a killer, we know. Nevertheless, we have figured out a way for you to maximise your leave days this year!
Unfortunately, if you are in retail, we can’t help you this time. Furthermore, some companies require annual leave days to be taken consecutively — that means this hack will also not be applicable to you. Sorry!
In essence, this hack is for the other industries that give weekends and public holidays off and those that are more flexible with how those fifteen days of annual leave can be taken.
How To Get Away With More Leave
Mark these dates off in your calendars and book your leave days before your colleagues get wind of this hack. Here is our secret to getting more sleep-ins for free in 2025:
Human Right’s Day Long Weekend - 21 – 23 March 2025
3 Days off, but no leave
21 March 2025 — Human Right’s Day (Friday)
Easter, Freedom Day & Worker’s Day - 18 April 2025 – 4 May 2025
17 days off for only 7 days leave
18 April 2025 — Good Friday (Friday)
19 April 2025 — Saturday
20 April 2025 — Sunday
21 April 2025 — Family Day (Monday)
22 April 2025 — Take-off (Tuesday)
23 April 2025 — Take-off (Wednesday)
24 April 2025 — Take-off (Thursday)
25 April 2025 — Take-off (Friday)
26 April 2025 — Saturday
27 April 2025 — Freedom Day (Sunday)
28 April 2025 — Freedom Day observed (Monday)
29 April 2025 — Take-off (Tuesday)
30 April 2025 — Take-off (Wednesday)
1 May 2025 — Worker’s Day (Thursday)
2 May 2025 — Take-off (Friday)
3 May 2025 — Saturday
4 May 2025 — Sunday
Youth Day Long Weekend - 14 – 16 June 2025
3 days off, but no leave
14 June 2025 — Saturday
15 June 2025 — Sunday
16 June 2025 — Youth Day (Monday)
Women’s Day [NO] Long Weekend
9 August 2025 — National Women’s Day (Saturday)
Heritage Day - 24 – 28 September 2025
5 days off for only 2 days' leave
24 September 2025 — Heritage Day (Wednesday)
25 September 2025 — Take-off (Thursday)
26 September 2025 — Take-off (Friday)
27 September 2025 — Saturday
28 September 2025 — Sunday
Day of Reconciliation, Christmas & New Years - 13 – 16 December 2025
18 days off for only 6 days of leave
13 December 2025 — Saturday
14 December 2025 — Sunday
15 December 2025 — Take-off (Monday)
16 December 2025 — Day of Reconciliation (Tuesday)
…
[24 December 2025 – 4 January 2026]
24 December 2025 — Take-off (Wednesday)
25 December 2025 — Christmas Day (Thursday)
26 December 2025 — Boxing Day/Day of Goodwill (Friday)
27 December 2025 — Saturday
28 December 2025 — Sunday
29 December 2025 — Take-off (Monday)
30 December 2025 — Take-off (Tuesday)
31 December 2025 — Take-off (Wednesday) [New Year’s Eve]
1 January 2026 — New Year’s Day (Thursday)
2 January 2026 — Take-off (Friday)
3 January 2026 — Saturday
4 January 2026 — Sunday
You can play around with leave days if you fancy taking less-but-longer holidays. However, for those of us who want a longer break every time a public holiday comes around, here you go!
