1. The approved school calendar for 2012 is as follows:

TERM OPENS CLOSES
FIRST 09 JANUARY (educators)
11 JANUARY (learners)
23 MARCH
SECOND 10 APRIL 22 JUNE
THIRD 16 JULY 28 SEPTEMBER
FOURTH 08 OCTOBER 07 DECEMBER (learners)
11 DECEMBER (educators)
2. Public and School Holidays in 2012:

01 January 2012
02 January 2012
21 March 2012
06 April 2012
09 April 2012
27 April 2012
30 April 2012
01 May 2012
16 June 2012
09 August 2012
10 August 2012
24 September 2012
16 December 2012
25 December 2012
26 December 2012
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New Year's Day
Public Holiday
Human Rights Day
Good Friday
Family Day
Freedom Day
School Holiday
Workers' Day
Youth Day
National Women's Day
School Holiday
Heritage Day
Day of Reconciliation
Christmas Day
Day of Goodwill
3. Principals are urgently requested to inform all educators, learners, parents and members of governing bodies of the contents of this minute.


SIGNED: JH LYNERS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT AND CO-ORDINATION
DATE: 2011:03:11