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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: 40^th 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	World Space Week - SA participation
4 - 18 Oct	8th All African Games
5 Oct	World Teachers' Day - Related statement
6 Oct	World Habitat Day
6 - 11 Oct	National Week for Disaster Risk Reduction - Related speeches
7 – 10 Oct	Visit by Labour Minister of Burkina Faso
8 - 13 Oct	Dep Pres Zuma visits Sweden
9 Oct	Gauteng's Khanyisa Awards
9 Oct	Partnership against AIDS Anniversary
9 Oct	World Sight Day
9 Oct	World Post Day - Related statements
10 Oct	World Mental Health Day - Related statement
12 - 18 Oct	WeedBuster Week 2003
13 - 16 Oct	Dep Pres Zuma visits Turkey
13 - 17 Oct	Public Service Week
13 - 17 Oct	National Marine Week
13 - 19 Oct	Imbizo Focus Week
15 Oct	World Rural Women's Day - Related statement
15 - 18 Oct	Pres Mbeki on State Visit to India
16 Oct	World Food Day - Related statements
17 Oct	World Trauma Day
17 Oct	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Related statements
18 Oct	National Female Farmer of the Year [PDF]
20 Oct	World Osteoporosis Day
20 - 24 Oct	Min Sigcau visits Singapore
24 Oct	World Development Information Day
24 Oct	United Nations Day - Related statement
27 - 29 Oct	SANGOCO NGO Week
29 Oct	Western Cape Vuna Awards
30 - 31 Oct	German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister visits South Africa
31 Oct - 2 Nov	Mpumalanga Arts and Culture Festival

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November

Nov	Free State Health Focus Month
Nov	Limpopo Disability Month [PDF]
1 Nov	National Children's Day
1 - 3 Nov	Children's Parliament
1 - 4 Nov	Russian delegation visits North West
3 - 5 Nov	Pres Mbeki on State Visit to Canada
3 - 8 Nov	Mlambo-Ngcuka and mining delegation visits Canada
4 Nov	Mpumalanga MEC's Excellence Awards for best Police Station
6 Nov	National Teaching Awards
7 Nov	Gauteng Premier's Service Excellence Awards
7 Nov	Dep Pres Zuma visits Burundi
7 - 8 Nov	Brazilian President visits South Africa
8 - 9 Nov	Voter registration
10 Nov	World Science Day
10 - 14 Nov	National Quality Week
13 Nov	World Quality Day
14 Nov	World Diabetes Day
14 Nov	Min Sigcau visits Germany
14 - 23 Nov	Cape Town World Cinema Festival
16 Nov	International Day of Tolerance
17 - 19 Nov	Pres Mbeki on State Visit to France
20 Nov	Universal Children's Day
20 Nov	Philosophy Day
20 Nov	Mpumalanga Service Excellence Awards
21 Nov	World Television Day
21 Nov	North West Health MEC Awards
21 Nov	Female Farmer of the Year [PDF] - Related statements
21- 23 Nov	Ireland Foreign Minister visits South Africa
24- 27 Nov	Min Dlamini Zuma visits Central Africa
25 Nov	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 Nov	Mpumalanga Premier's Disability Achievers Awards
25 Nov - 10 Dec	16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence - Related events
28 Nov	North West Youth Awards
29 Nov	Birding Big Day - Related statement

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December

1 Dec	World AIDS Day - Related statements
1 - 2 Dec	Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka visits South Africa
2 Dec	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
2 Dec	Mbeki awards National Orders - Related statements
3 Dec	International Day of Disabled Persons - Related statements
5 Dec	2003 Government Communicators Awards
5 Dec	International Volunteers Day
5 Dec	Vuna Awards [PDF] - Related statements
5 - 12 Dec	Deputy Min Hendricks visits Saudi Arabia
7 Dec	International Civil Aviation Day
8 Dec	Min Dlamini Zuma visits Haiti
10 Dec	International Human Rights Day
14 Dec	President of Uganda visits South Africa
16 Dec	Day of Reconciliation - Related statements
18 Dec	International Migrants Day
20 Dec	Pres Mbeki and AU Delegation visits Comoros
28 - 31 Dec	Pres Mbeki on State Visit to Bahamas

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