The proposed public holiday to celebrate the Springboks fourth Rugby World Cup win has been shutdown by the start of Matric exams.
South African rugby supporters celebrate at the Pirates Club in Johannesburg on October 28, 2023, after South Africa won the France 2023 Rugby World Cup final match between South Africa and New Zealand at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris.
South Africans had been given the impression that if the Springboks won that either Sunday or Monday would be declared a Public Holiday. Therefore it seems like an extreme longshot that President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce a national day of rest and celebration.We would have got away with it if it wasn’t for those meddling kidsWATCH: Trevor Nyakane is all of us dancing after the World Cup winSouth Africa waits with baited breath but as the hours tick by the realisation that it will be back to work tomorrow, will set in.
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