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Events 2003

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2003

2003 International Year of Fresh Water

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January

Jan Sun Safe Awareness Month – CANSA
1 Jan Mbeki attends inauguration ceremony of President-elect of Brazil
12 – 15 Jan Dep Pres Zuma visits Ethiopia and Burundi
19 – 22 Jan Official Visit to South Africa by Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing
22 – 24 Jan Mozambiquan Delegation visits Mpumalanga
28 – 29 Jan Public hearings on asbestos
29 – 30 Jan Agriculture delegation visits Zimbabwe
31 Jan World Leprosy Day

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February

Feb Sun Safe Awareness Month - CANSA
2 Feb World Wetlands Day
7 - 8 Feb State Visit by Nigerian President
8 - 14 Feb STI/Condom Week
8 Feb - 23 Mar ICC Cricket World Cup
14 Feb State of the Nation Address / Opening of Parliament
15 - 23 Feb Pregnancy Awareness Week
17 - 21 Feb Parliamentary Media Briefings
20 Feb Opening of Limpopo Legislature
21 Feb International Mother Language Day
21 Feb SA and Spain sign tourism co-operation agreement (postponed)
21 Feb Opening of Mpumalanga Legislature
21 Feb Opening of Free State Legislature
21 Feb Opening of Eastern Cape Legislature
21 Feb Opening of Western Cape Legislature
21 Feb Opening of North West Legislature  
24 Feb Opening of Gauteng Legislature
26 Feb Budget Day
27 Feb Opening of new Northern Cape legislature building
27 - 28 Feb Sudanese Vice President visits SA
28 Feb Opening of Northern Cape Legislature

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March

Mar Nutrition Campaign Month
3 Mar Opening of KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
3 - 5 Mar Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Co-operation visits SA
3 - 9 Mar Multilingualism Week in the Western Cape
4 Mar Launch of the South African Reference Group on Women in Science and Technology
4 Mar Telkom listing
4 - 7 Mar AU Executive Council Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting
4 - 7 Mar Burgundy delegation visits Western Cape
6 Mar Launch of Environmental Court
6 Mar Launch of 'Hit TB for a 6!' initiative
6 Mar Gauteng Child Labour Workshop
7 - 9 Mar NEPAD Heads of State Implementation Committee meeting
7 - 9 Mar Northern Cape Anti-crime drama festival
8 Mar International Women's Day
8 - 14 Mar Mpumalanga delegation visits Germany
9 - 10 Mar SADC Council of Ministers meeting
10 Mar Commonwealth Day
11 - 13 Mar Pres Mbeki on State Visit to Botswana
13 Mar Most Improved Schools Awards
16 - 18 Mar Political consultations between SA and Belarus
17 - 21 Mar Human Rights Week
17 - 22 Mar National Library Week
17 - 23 Mar National Water Week
18 Mar Meeting of Heads of State and Government of SA and Namibia
20 Mar Earth Day
21 Mar Human Rights Day
- Handing over of TRC report to Pres Mbeki
- Celebrations around SA
21 Mar International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 Mar World Water Day
23 Mar World Meteriological Day
24 Mar World TB Day
24 - 30 Mar National Kidney Awareness Week
26 Mar International Railway Worker's Action Day
28 - 29 Mar Big Business Indaba
31 Mar - 6 Apr Imbizo Focus Week

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April

Apr Health Awareness Month
Apr National Blood Donor Month
7 Apr World Health Day
9 - 11 Apr Dep Pres Zuma visits Belgium
14 Apr Gauteng - Men's HIV/AIDS march
17 Apr World Haemophilia Day
- SA marks World Haemophilia Day
17 Apr Official opening of the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court
23 Apr World Book and Copyright Day
- Speech by Min Asmal
25 Apr Africa Malaria Day
- Racing Against Malaria Rally
25 - 27 Apr Presidential Imbizo, North West
27 Apr Freedom Day
- National and Provincial celebrations

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May

May International Multiple Sclerosis Month
May Anti Tobacco Campaign Month – CANSA
1 May Workers’ Day
3 May World Press Freedom Day
3 – 6 May Tourism Indaba
- Speeches and statements
5 – 10 May National Science, Engineering and Technology Week
- Speeches and statements
5 – 11 May Hospice Week
6 May Eastern Cape Premier Imbizo
7 – 9 May Feedback invitation on the Domestic Violence and Maintenance Acts
8 May World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
12 May International Nurses Day
13 – 14 May UK Foreign Secretary visits SA
15 May International Day of Families
- Speeches and statements
16 May CPSI Innovations Award Ceremony
16 May Parliament hosts launch of UNIFEM report
17 May Special Official Funeral for Walter Sisulu
17 May World Telecommunication Day
- Speech by Deputy President Zuma
18 May International Candlelight Memorial Day
- Speeches and statements
18 – 25 May Southern African Development Community (Southern African Development Community (SADC)) Multi-Disciplinary Festival (Africa Day)
- Programme
21 May World Day for Cultural Development
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
25 May Africa Day: 40th Anniversary Celebrations of the OAU
25 – 31 May Child Protection Week
26 May Commemoration of the establishment of the African Union
28 May International Day of Action for Women’s Health
29 May Mbeki attends inauguration ceremony of the President of Nigeria
31 May World No-Tobacco Day

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June

Jun Youth Development Month
1 Jun International Children’s Day
2 – 7 Jun National Environment Week
2 Jun – 31 Oct Nominations for the 2003 Government Communicators Awards
4 Jun International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 Jun World Environment Day
6 Jun Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Award: Call for nominations for the National Adjudicating Committee
8 Jun World Oceans Day
8 – 14 Jun Stroke Awareness Week
9 Jun Mitchell’s Plain Letsema
10 Jun Pres Mbeki’s Official visit to Switzerland
12 Jun Premier’s Service Excellence Awards
12 Jun World Day Against Child Labour
16 Jun National Youth Day
16 Jun Day of the African Child
17 Jun World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun World Refugee Day
21 Jun Africa Public Service Day Celebrations
21 – 28 Jun Drug Awareness Week
23 – 30 Jun Generic Medicines Week
26 Jun International Day in support of victims of torture
26 Jun International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Traficking
26 – 27 Jun French Foreign Minister visits SA
29 Jun – 2 July Pres Mbeki on State Visit to Jamaica

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July

Jul Men's Health -CANSA
3 - 12 Jul Western Cape International Youth Festival and Expo Oudtshoorn
6 Jul World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day
6 Jul International Day of Cooperatives
7 - 11 Jul Minister of Labour's Limpopo Imbizo
8 Jul Census 2001
- Statements and speeches
8 - 10 Jul George Bush visits SA
9 Jul International Small Arms Destruction Day
11 Jul World Population Day
16 Jul Launch of new material for history teaching
17 - 18 Jul Public hearings on 51% equity stake of SNO
21 - 24 Jul Prime Minister of the Republic of Cape Verde visits SA
21 - 25 Jul Energy Efficiency Week
21 - 26 Jul Western Cape Government Imbizo Week
22 Jul Launch of National School Health Policy
25 Jul Minister Mdladlana visits Chile
27 Jul - 2 Aug CANSA Prevention Week
29 - 31 Aug Minister Mdladlana visits Cuba

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August

Aug National Women’s Month
- Programme [PDF]
Aug National Oral Health Month
1 – 7 Aug World Breastfeeding Week
4 – 6 Aug Official visit by the President of Kenya
4 – 10 Aug National Cancer Week
9 Aug National Women’s Day
- Related Statements
9 Aug International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
9 Aug – 8 Sept Learning Cape Festival
11 Aug Pres Mbeki attends hand-over ceremony in Liberia
12 Aug International Youth Day
17 Aug KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government Day
18 – 20 Aug Algerian Minister of SMMEs visits South Africa
23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
23 – 31 Aug South African Music Week
29 – 31 Aug Presidential Imbizo, Western Cape

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September

Sept Heritage Month
- Programme [PDF]
Sept Tourism Month
- Related statements
Sept Heart Month
1 - 3 Sept Pres Mbeki on State Visit to Malaysia
1 - 5 Sept Readathon Week
1 - 7 Sept SANCA Week
1 - 7 Sept Arbour Week
- Speeches and statements
1 - 8 Sept Western Cape Adult Learners' Week
1 - 12 Sept Parliamentary Media Briefings
5 Sept Casual Day
7 - 14 Sept Pharmacy Week
8 Sept International Literacy Day
- Speeches and statements
9 - 11 Sept Algerian Delegation visits South Africa
10 Sept World Suicide Prevention Day
10 – 12 Sept Official visit by the First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Iran
10 Sept Eastern Cape celebrates lives of elderly at Fun Day
12 Sept Pres Mbeki attends inauguration of Rwandan president
12 Sept Premier Shilowa visits Canada
13 – 21 Sept Dep Min Mangena visits Cuba
15 – 19 Sept National Atmospheric Week
16 Sept International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer
- Speeches and statements
16 - 17 Sept Public hearings on Traditional Leadership & Governance Framework Bill
18 Sept Launch of African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
- Related statements
19 - 20 Sept Mpumalanga Provincial Games
19 - 21 Sept Clean Up the World Campaign
19 - 23 Sept Premier Van Schalkwyk and MEC Gaum visits Taiwan
21 Sept International Day of Peace Vigil
- Related statement
21 Sept International Alzheimer's Day
21 - 25 Sept Deputy President and delegation visits Spain and Netherlands
21- 28 Sept Proudly South African Week
22 – 24 Sept Czech and Chinese delegations visit NCOP
22 – 24 Sept President Mbeki and delegation attends UN General Assembly
23 - 30 Sept World Maritime Day
- Related statement
24 Sept National Heritage Day
- Related statements
- Related site
25 Sept Imbizo with poor communities, Cape Town
26 Sept Handover of houses, North West
27 Sept World Tourism Day
- Related statements
30 Sept Launch of National Advanced Manufacturing Technology Strategy
30 Sept -3 Oct South African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX)

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October

Oct Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Oct Productivity Month
- Related statements  
Oct Social Development Month
- Related statements  
1 Oct International Day of Older Persons
- Related statements
4 Oct Gauteng's Masakhane Games
4 Oct KwaZulu-Natal's Teaching Awards
4 - 5 Oct Pond's Walk for Hope
4 - 10 Oct