Fezzan-Ghadames (French Administration) country to achieve independence through the United Nations and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to gain independence. Fezzan-Ghadames (French Administration) The Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames was a territory in the southern part of the former Italian colony of Libya controlled by the French from 1943 until Libyan independence in 1951. It was part of the Allied administration of Libya. Free French forces from French Chad occupied the area that was the former Italian Southern Military Territory and made several requests to annex administratively their Fezzan to the French colonial Empire. The administrative personnel remained the former
Public holidays in South Africa Public holidays in South Africa A list of current public holidays in South Africa: The Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994) states that whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following it will be a public holiday. Since 1994 election days have been declared ad hoc public holidays: 31 December 1999 and 2 January 2000 were declared public holidays to accommodate the Y2K changeover, and 3 January 2000 was automatically a public holiday because the previous holiday was a Sunday. 2 May 2008 was declared a public holiday when Human Rights Day and Good Friday