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Events 2002

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2002

January

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February

Feb Safety and Security Focus Month in Mpumalanga
1 Feb Launch of Safety and Security Focus Month in Gauteng
1 Feb Opening of licensing renewal outlet, kwaNgwanase
1 Feb Launch of South African Women in Mining (SAWIMA) branch in Mpumalanga
1 – 7 Feb New Zealand Foreign minister visits SA
2 Feb Launch of Presidential Urban Renewal Project, Galeshewe, Kimberley
2 Feb World Wetlands Day 2002
4 Feb SADC Extended Troika Ministerial meeting
4 – 5 Feb SA-Iran Joint Commission
4 – 7 Feb Assessment of Northern Cape poverty alleviation projects
5 Feb Launch of KwaZulu-Natal Taxi Council
5 – 8 Feb His Royal Highness the Duke of York visits SA
8 Feb State of the Nation Address/Opening of Parliament
9 – 11 Feb WTO Director-General visits SA
11 – 15 Feb Parliamentary Media Briefings
11 – 17 Feb Sexually Transmitted Infections/Condom Focus Week
12 – 16 Feb Minister for Africa at the Commonwealth Office (UK) visits SA
12 – 19 Feb Western Cape Multilingualism Week
14 Feb Opening of Northern Province Legislature
15 Feb Opening of Mpumalanga Legislature
18 Feb Opening of Gauteng Legislature
18 Feb Launch of the Home Affairs National Identification System (Hanis)
18 – 24 Feb National Pregnancy Education week
20 Feb National Budget
21 Feb International Mother Language Day
22 Feb Opening of Northern Cape Legislature
24 Feb No to stolen goods campaign, Mpumalanga
24 Feb Launch of Botle ke Botho campaign, Gauteng
24 – 27 Feb French Minister of Equipment, Transport and Housing visits SA
27 – 28 Feb Western Cape Provincial Taxi Council meeting

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March

Mar Human Rights Month
1 Mar Launch of North West LRAD programme
1 Mar Launch of Youth Information Guide
2 Mar African Union Day
2 Mar FAO Telefood Concert
4 – 16 Mar SA-Uganda Student Exchange Programme
5 Mar Education Minister and MEC visit schools in Tsakane, Gauteng
6 Mar Launch of Natalspruit Hospital trauma centre, Gauteng
7 Mar Opening of Louieville Women’s Support Centre in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
7 – 9 Mar Ukrainian Deputy State Secretary for Foreign Affairs visits SA
8 Mar International Women’s Day
 - History of International Women’s Day
11 Mar Commonwealth Day
11 – 13 Mar Parliamentary public hearings into the sexual abuse of children
12 – 15 Mar Italian State Visit to SA
15 Mar Launch of Telephone Interpreting Service of South Africa (TISSA)
18 Mar Launch of the Marelane Kopman MPCC
18 – 23 Mar National Library Week
18 – 24 Mar National Water Week
19 Mar Launch of Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
20 Mar Earth Day
21 Mar SA Human Rights Day
 - National and Provincial events
21 Mar International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 Mar World Water Day
23 Mar World Meteorological Day
24 Mar World TB Day
 - SA events
26 Mar International Railway Worker’s Safety Day
26 Mar Launch of policy guidelines on contraception, youth and adolescent health
27 Mar Gauteng launches MPCC in Soshanguve
27 Mar Opening of Mitchell’s Plain model court
28 Mar KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government Easter road safety programme launch

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April

Apr National Blood Donor Month
2 Apr Ministers launch Nutrition Programme for Poor Children
4 Apr Skweyiya briefs media on World Assembly on Ageing
4 Apr North West Province observes World TB Day
5 Apr SA & Unicef sign agreement on women and children
5 Apr ‘Vusi goes to court’ in Mamelodi
5 Apr Briefing on Desai Commission of Inquiry
5 Apr Farm Health Summit in North West
6 – 8 Apr G8 Chair (Canadian Prime Minister) on working visit to SA
7 Apr World Health Day
7 – 13 Apr Polio Eradication Awareness Week
9 Apr Launch of Correctional Services Poverty Alleviation Programme
12 Apr Launch of Coelacanth research programme
 - Speeches and statements
15 – 21 Apr National Imbizo Focus Week
17 Apr Haemophilia Day
20 Apr Mpumalanga Premier’s Cultural Day
23 Apr Launch of Political Heritage Collection, Gauteng
23 Apr World Book and Copyright Day
25 Apr First African in Space – Mark Shuttleworth
 - Speeches and statements
25 Apr Africa Malaria Day
25 Apr Land handing-over ceremony in Free State
25 – 27 Apr Presidential Imbizo in the Free State
25 Apr – 6 May Min Fraser-Moleketi to visit USA & Canada
27 Apr Freedom Day
30 Apr Pres Mbeki to receive credentials from Heads of Missions

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May

May Housing Month
2 – 3 May State Visit to Mozambique
3 May World Press Freedom Day
5 – 6 May Nigerian State Visit (Postponed)
6 – 11 May National Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Week
8 May World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
9 – 10 May Minister of Labour visits Northern Cape
11 – 14 May Tourism Indaba
12 May SAPS Memorial Service
13 – 18 May Western Cape Library Week
14 May NSF Strategic Project Awards
14 – 16 May Qatar State Visit
15 May International Day of Families
17 May World Telecommunication Day
 - Speeches and statements
19 May International Candlelight Memorial Day
- SA events
21 May World Day for Cultural Development
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
23 May Launch of Greening of World Summit initiative
25 May Africa Day
 - Statements and speeches
26 May Establishment of the African Union
27 May – 2 Jun Child Protection Week
31 May World No-Tobacco Day (WHO)

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June

Jun Youth Development Month
1 Jun Anglo-Boer South African War commemoration
1 Jun International Children’s Day
2 – 8 Jun National Environment Week
4 Jun International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (UN)
5 Jun World Environment Day
- SA events
8 Jun World Oceans Day
12 Jun World Day against Child Labour
12 – 14 Jun State visit to Libya and Joint Bilateral Commission meeting
16 Jun National Youth Day
16 Jun Day of the African Child
17 Jun World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UN)
20 Jun World Refugee Day (UN)
21 Jun Dep Pres Zuma to visit Ethiopia and Rwanda
21 Jun Inauguration of new Western Cape Premier
21 Jun Victim Empowerment Day
22 Jun Africa Public Service Day
24 Jun Moosa holds second internet discussion with public
24 – 25 Jun State visit to Brazil
24 – 28 Jun Mercusor Trade Mission visits Gauteng
24 – 28 Jun Liverpool Trade Mission to visit South Africa
25 Jun Handing over of WSSD torch (Transference of Site ceremony)
26 Jun International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (UN)
26 Jun International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (UN)
26 – 29 Jun Launch: Northern Province changing name to Limpopo
28 Jun – 10 Jul African Union Summit

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July

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August

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September

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October

Oct Social Development Month
- Programme
1 Oct International Day of Older Persons
1 – 4 Oct The South African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX)
1 – 5 Oct SA delegation visits Czech and Slovak Republics, Romania
4 – 5 Oct President of Burundi visits SA
4 – 10 Oct World Space Week
5 Oct World Teachers Day
5 – 14 Oct Visit to UAE, Oman and Iran
7 Oct World Habitat Day
7 – 11 Oct National Productivity Week
7 – 13 Oct National Imbizo Focus Week
9 Oct World Post Day
10 Oct World Mental Health Day
10 Oct World Sight Day
12 – 13 Oct National Teaching Awards Ceremony
14 – 18 Oct National Marine Week
- Gauteng Programme [PDF]
15 Oct World Rural Women’s Day
16 Oct World Food Day
- SA event
16 Oct SA Transport delegation visits People’s Republic of China
17 Oct International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18 – 20 Oct Presidential Imbizo Week: Gauteng
20 Oct Launch of Integrated Case Flow Management System
23 Oct Launch of Digital Partnership SA
24 Oct - World Development Information Day
 - United Nations Day
25 Oct Call for Government Communicators Awards
26 Oct Launch of Land Redistribution programme in Eastern Cape
28 Oct – 1 Nov Gauteng Breast & Cervical Cancer Awareness Campaign
29 Oct Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
29 Oct Heads of Zambia, Mozambique & Madagascar visit SA
29 – 30 Oct UK defence minister visits SA
29 Oct – 1 Nov Hellenic State Visit to SA

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November

Nov National Environment Month
1 Nov National Be Positive Day
1 Nov Pres Mbeki meets Presidents Kabila and Kigame
1 Nov Dep Min Pahad visits Iraq
2 Nov National Children’s Day
6 Nov State Visit to Kingdom of Cambodia
8 Nov SADC Malaria Day
10 Nov National Health Providers' Prayer Day
13 - 15 Nov SA-Cuba Joint Bilateral Commission
15 Nov Second round of DRC talks
16 Nov International Day of Tolerance
17 Nov World Remembrance Day for Victims of Motor Vehicle Accidents
17 – 24 Nov National Road Safety Week
18 – 19 Nov Imbizo Week: Northern Cape
19 – 21 Nov Mpumalanga Disability Awareness campaign
20 Nov Africa Industrialization Day
20 Nov Universal Children's Day
21 Nov President Mbeki visits Mozambique
21 Nov World Television Day
22 Nov Launch of Mamelodi Multi-purpose Community Centre (MPCC)
22 Nov Cuban Minister of Education visits SA
24 - 26 Nov Minister Dlamini Zuma visits Portugal
25 Nov International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 Nov - 10 Dec 16 Days of Activism Campaign
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December

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