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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Lesotho

The list of Lesotho bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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23 Dec 2008 (Lesotho News Agency-Maseru) Lesotho's Deputy Director of Elections, Mphasa Mokhochane, responsible for the current review of the National Assembly Electoral Law 2006 is quoted as saying that among the sections to be included in the amendment is a provision that election days be declared national public holidays. • 01 Dec 2006 Next parliamentary elections - February 17, 2007. • 04 Feb 2002 (Lesotho Ministry Of Home Affairs) At its January 29th meeting the Cabinet of Lesotho has approved the addition of a new public holiday, Africa Day, to be observed on May 25th, starting in 2002. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Lesotho public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Lesotho are regulated by the Public Holidays Act (No. 7 of 1995) and which came into effect on January 1st, 1996 (Government Gazette, Extraordinary, 1995-10-13, Vol. XL, No. 73, p. 743), thus repealing the Public Holidays Act of 1967. It was later amended by Public Holidays (Amendment) Bill 2002 which shifted Heroes Day from 4 April to 25 May. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example), but no official source has been found to confirm or repudiate this. Nevertheless, after reviewing data from previous years, it is strongly believed that they remain on fixed dates, especially since the Central Bank lists holidays that fall on Sundays and does not move them to the following Monday. • Africa Day/Heroes' Day: Heroes Day, used to be on April 4, but it was decided that, in Lesotho, Africa Day would be celebrated together with Heroes Day, on May 25, following the July 2001 African Unity (AU) summit, in Lusaka, Zambia. • King's Birthday: The 1995 Public Holidays Act lists this public holiday as occurring on May 2, but this is now observed on July 17, the birthday of King Letsie III (born July 17, 1963). May 2 was the birthday of his father, King Moshoeshoe II, who died in a car crash on January 15, 2006, barely 2 weeks after the Public Holidays Act was signed into law. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Lesotho (Lesotho central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Lesotho, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Lesotho, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Lesotho, before planning any trip to Lesotho. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.