Due to Telkom's exceptional greed, public holidays don't qualify for Callmore time - not even Christmas Day or New Year's Day. So below is a list of public holidays showing which days you will be paying through your nose to call from your Telkom landline. Of course calling before 7AM or after 7PM on the holidays falling on a weekday would would be billed at Callmore rates, but the rest of the day would still be billed at the regular, exorbitant Telkom rates. For notes and pointers please scroll to the bottom of the page. It might be handy to remember that the cell networks classify public holidays as off-peak, so if you have free minutes it could be a good time to use them.
2009 Public Holidays
Holiday Name
Date
Day
Callmore
New Year's Day
1 January
Thursday
Human Rights Day
21 March
Saturday
Good Friday
10 April
Friday
Easter Monday / Family Day
13 April
Monday
Freedom Day
27 April
Monday
Worker's Day
1 May
Friday
Youth Day
16 June
Tuesday
National Women's Day
9 August
Sunday
Heritage Day
24 September
Thursday
Day of Reconciliation
16 December
Wednesday
Christmas Day
25 December
Friday
Day of Goodwill
26 December
Saturday
2010 Public Holidays
Holiday Name
Date
Day
Callmore
New Year's Day
1 January
Friday
Human Rights Day
21 March
Sunday
Good Friday
2 April
Friday
Easter Monday / Family Day
5 April
Monday
Freedom Day
26 April
Monday
Worker's Day
1 May
Saturday
Youth Day
16 June
Wednesday
National Women's Day
9 August
Monday
Heritage Day
24 September
Friday
Day of Reconciliation
16 December
Thursday
Christmas Day
25 December
Saturday
Day of Goodwill
26 December
Sunday
Telkom costs R1.89/min to a cellphone within SA during peak time.
Telkom costs R1.17/min to a cellphone within SA during off-peak time.
Calls to a cellphone in SA are a full minute for the first minute then per 30s after the first minute.
If you call a cell in SA and put the phone down right after voicemail or someone having answered you're charged R1.89 (peak) and R1.17 (off-peak) just for having had the call connected.
