Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean Government has announced the addition of a new Public Holiday, the Munhumutapa Day, which is set to be celebrated on the 15 th of September 2025. This remarkable
announcement has been made in terms of section 2(1) of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act [Chapter 10:21] through General Notice 954 of 2024.
It should be borne that in terms of section 2(2) the schedule of public holidays does not include any days which the President may declare to be public holidays in terms of the same Act. This means at
any point the President has the privilege to declare a public holiday at any given time during the course of 2025. Members of the public are therefore advised to take observe the 2025 list of public holidays. This is
because Section 3(3) of the same law provides that it shall not be lawful to transact or conduct any business in contravention of any of the provision in the Act. It further provides that any person who
transacts or conducts any business; or opens any institution or premises; in contravention of the notice shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for
a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. What’s your take on the new public holiday? Lenon Itai Rwizi is a Registered Legal Practitioner of the Superior Courts of Zimbabwe and can be contacted on: +263 774 159 146 or +263 713 967 341 [email protected].
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