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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Mozambique

The list of Mozambique 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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17 Nov 2008 (Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) To encourage a high turnout in next Wednesday's municipal elections, the government has declared Wednesday, November 19, 2008, as a one-off public holiday. • 28 Jul 2007 (Agencia de Informacão de Moçambique) Under pressure from the Muslim community, Mozambique President, Armando Guebuza, has postponed the first elections for provincial assemblies from 20 December, 2007 (the expected date for the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday), to 16 January, 2008. • 12 Jul 2007 (Agencia de Informacão de Moçambique) The date of Thursday, December 20, 2007, was recently announced by Mozambique President, Armando Guebuza, for the upcoming elections. However, that date is also the most likely date of Eid al-Adha, one of the most sacred days of the year for Muslims. • 13 Mar 2002 (Xinhua News Agency) Earlier today, the Parliament of Mozambique unanimously approved a bill to make October 4, the anniversary of the 1992 peace agreement that ended the country's civil war, a public holiday, to be named "Peace and National Reconciliation Day". • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Mozambique public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Religious Public Holidays: There are no national holidays that are religious in nature, but the Government has a liberal leave policy to permit religious observance. • Weekend Public Holidays: The aforementioned Labour Code states in Article 96-3 that whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, work shall be suspended on the following Monday. • Tolerância de Ponto (grant of permission not to attend work): These are additional dates, declared at the discretion of the government, with advance notice of at least two days, when employees have the right to suspend the performance of work without loss of pay (ie. for all intents and purposes, these are additional, one-off, public holidays). • Christmas: Officially the government refers to the national public holiday on December 25th as Family Day, however, most every one else calls it Christmas Day, even on their websites and calendars (these include banks, tourist agencies, schools, and many businesses). • An important aspect of public holidays in Mozambique is called tolerancia de ponto which is an ad-hoc public holiday, which the local or national government announces, sometimes only at a day's notice. The latest was the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the death of the country's first president, Samora Machel, on 19 October, which suddenly became a public holiday at less than 24 hours notice. In provinces and districts, it is frequent for a "tolerancia de ponto" to be declared when a senior political figure is visiting. Businesses have long complained bitterly about the additional costs involved with these extra holidays. • Mozambique’s Heroes' Day is officially called Dia dos Heróis Moçambicanos, and in in hommage to Eduardo Mondlane. • Mozambique’s Women's Day is officially called Dia da Mulher Moçambicana (note the singular) and is celebrated in hommage to Josina Machel. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Mozambique (Mozambique 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 Mozambique, 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 Mozambique, 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 Mozambique, before planning any trip to Mozambique. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.