Events Calendar

February 2013

DATE

EVENT

February 2 World Wetlands Day
February 4 World Cancer Day
February 14 State of the Nation Address
 
February 15 Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Day
February 20 World Day of Social Justice
February 21 State of the Province Address
February 27 National Budget Speech


March 2013

DATE

EVENT

   
March 4 – 8 School Health Week
March 6 Provincial Budget Speech
March 8 International Women’s Day
March 9 Commonwealth Day
March 14 FS Legislature sitting:  General Debate on Appropriation Bill & Tabling of Annual Performance Plans
Community Development Worker Conference, Gauteng
March 15 FS Legislature sitting:  Debate on Budget Votes of the Departments of Health and Provincial Treasury (Reddersburg)
World Consumer Rights Day
Community Development Worker Conference, Gauteng
March 18 FS Legislature sitting:  Debate on Budget Vote of the Department of the Premier (Vredefort)
8th Annual Broadband Summit, Jhb
National Water Week
March 19 FS Legislature sitting:  Debate on Budget Vote of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs & Human Settlements  (Viljoenskroon)
8th Annual Broadband Summit, Jhb
National Water Week
March 20 FS Legislature sitting:  Debate on Budget Votes of the Departments of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation & Social Development (Hoopstad)
World Head Injury Day
National Water Week

DATE

EVENT

March 21 Human Rights Day
International Day for Elimination of Discrimination
World Down Syndrome Day
National Water Week
World Poetry Day
March 22 FS Legislature sitting:  Debate on Budget Vote of the Department of Public Works (Allanridge)
National Water Week
March 23 World Meteorological Day
March 24 World TB Day
March 25 FS Legislature sitting:  Debate on Budget Votes of the Departments of Police, Roads and Transport & Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (Ventersburg)
March 26 FS Legislature sitting:  Debate on Budget Votes of the Departments of Education & Agriculture and Rural Development (Marquard)
March 27 FS Legislature sitting:  Committee Stage & Third Reading, Appropriation Bill (Clocolan)
March 29 Good Friday
March 30 Easter Weekend
March 31 Easter Weekend


April 2013

DATE

EVENT

April 1 Family Day
April 7 World Health Day
April 22 International Earth Day
April 23 World Book & Copyright Day
April 25 World Malaria Day
April 26 World Intellectual Property Day
April 27 Freedom Day
April 28 World Day for Safety & Health at Work
April 29 National Polio (1st Round) and Measles Immunisation Campaign
April 30 National Polio (1st Round) and Measles Immunisation Campaign


May 2013

DATE

EVENT

May 1 Workers’ Day
May 1 – 17 National Polio (1st Round) and Measles Immunisation Campaign
May 3 World Press Freedom Day
May 8 International Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
May 10 World Move for Health Day
May 12 International Nurses Day
May 17 World Telecommunication & Information Society Day
May 18 International Museum Day
May 19 AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day
May 25 Africa Day
May 27 – 31 Child Protection Week
May 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health


June 2013

DATE

EVENT

   
June 1 – 2 Child Protection Week
June 2 International Cancer Survivors Day
June 5 World Environment Day
June 8 World Oceans Day
June 12 World Day against Child Labour
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 16 National Youth Day & Day of the African Child
June 17 – 21 National Epilepsy Week
National Polio (2nd Round) Immunisation Campaign
June 18 – 21 6th SA AIDS Conference, Durban
June 22 Africa Public Service Day
June 24 – 28 National Youth Health Indaba
June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking


July 2013

DATE

EVENT

   
July 11 World Population Day
   
July 18 International Day of Nelson Mandela
July 28 World Hepatitis Day
July 29 – 31 National Science Week


August 2013

DATE

EVENT

   
August 1 – 2 National Science Week
   
August 1 – 6 World Breastfeeding Week
   
August 9 National Women’s Day
August 12 International Youth Day
August 26 – 31 African Traditional Medicine Week
August 28 – 31 59th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference: 28 August – 06 September 2013


September 2013

DATE

EVENT

   
September 1 – 6 59th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference: 28 August – 06 September 2013
Pharmacy Week
September 8 International Literacy Day
September 12 World Oral Health Day
September 20 International Day of Peace
September 24 Heritage Day
September 26 World Environmental Health Day
September 29 World Health Day


October 2013

DATE

EVENT

October 1 International Day for Older Persons
October 5 World Teachers Day
October 9 International Day for Disaster Reduction
October 10 World Mental Health Day
World Sight Day
October 15 World Rural Women’s Day
October 16 World Food Day
World Spine Day
October 17 International Day for the eradication of poverty
World Trauma Day
October 24 World Polio Day
October 30 Commemoration of African Food and Nutrition Security Day


November 2013

DATE

EVENT

November 2 National Children’s Day
November 11 SADC Malaria Day
November 14 World Diabetes Day
November 15 International Day for Tolerance
November 16 World Remembrance Day for Victims of Road Accidents
November 20 Africa Industrialization Day
November 25 – 30 16 Days of Activism of “No violence against women and children”


December 2013

DATE

EVENT

December 1 World AIDS Day
December 1 – 10 16 Days of Activism of “No violence against women and children”
December 3 International Day for Persons with Disabilities
December 9 International Anti-Corruption Day 
December 10 International Human Rights Day
December 16 Day of Reconciliation
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Day of Goodwill