Events Calendar 2006
Event
Calender of: 2004 2005
This document contains a list
of major international and departmental events for the year 2004. Information
on a specific event can be accessed by clicking on a link, where available.
Although all reasonable care is taken to maintain and update this information,
users should please check with the Department
on the date and venue of an event before taking any action in respect of that
event. January
2006 - 1 Jan: New Year's Day
- 9-13 Jan: Minister
Dlamini Zuma Visits the United States of America
- 11 Jan: President-elect
of Bolivia, Evo Morales Pays a Courtesy Call to President Mbeki
- 11
Jan: South Africa donates funds to Victims of
Hurricane Katrina
- 12 Jan: South Africa
to Assume Chairpersonship of G-77
- 12-14 Jan: 5th
Nordic-Africa Ministerial Consultations
- 15 Jan: President
Thabo Mbeki Receives a Courtesy Call from Latvian President
- 15 Jan:
Third Meeting of the Ministerial International
Working Group on Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan
- 16 Jan: Inauguration
of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
- 16-24 Jan: 6th
Ordinary Session of the AU Summit of Heads of State and Government
- 16
Jan - 3 Feb: 7th
Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International
Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with
Disabilities
- 16 Jan - 3 Feb: Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (34th Session), New York
- 17-18
Jan: International
Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza
- 18 Jan:
President Mbeki to receive Letters of Credence
from Heads of Missions (Designate) of Republic of Indonesia, Argentine Republic,
State of Palestine and Republic of Croatia
- 18 Jan: South
Africa - Iran Discussions on Political and Economic Relations, Pretoria, South
Africa
- 25-29 Jan: World
Economic Forum
- 26-27 Jan: Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM) Ministerial Troika Meeting, Hermanus, South Africa
- 26-27
Jan: Minister
Skweyiya to attend Conference of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Social Development Ministers, Bamako, Mali
- 26 Jan: "Remembrance
and Beyond" Candlelight Vigil in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
- 27
Jan: International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
- 27
Jan - 1 Feb: Official Visit by Deputy Minister
Pahad to Athens, Greece
- 28 Jan: President
Thabo Mbeki to host Ivorian Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny
- 28-29
Jan: South Africa Cuba Consultative
Forum, Hermanus, South Africa
- 30 Jan - 6 Feb: The
2006 Africa Symposium on Statistical Development, Cape Town
- 31
Jan: World Leprosy Day (UN)
Top February
2006 - 1 Feb: Opening of Photo Exhibit "The Visible Incomprehensible"
(DPI/UN)
- 2 Feb: World Wetlands Day
- 2 Feb: Dag
Hammarskj: Centenary Lectures and Conversations Series (DPI/UN)
- 2-4 Feb:
Cancer in Focus Conference
- 3 Feb: President Thabo Mbeki's
State-of-the-Nation Address
- 4 Feb: World
Cancer Day
- 4-6 Feb: International
Conference on Chemicals Management (UNEP)
- 5-10 Feb: Advisory: Parliamentary Media Briefing Week (Outside link)
- 6 Feb: United
Nations Symposium on Natural Gas and Sustainable Development
- 6 Feb:
International day against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
- 6-7 Feb: SADC
Troika Meeting, Windhoek, Namibia
- 7 Feb: Launch
of 2006 Global Environment Outlook Yearbook: An Overview of Our Changing Environment
(UNEP)
- 7-9 Feb: 9th
Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council
- 7-23 Feb: Maritime
Session of the International Labour Conference (ILO)
- 8-17 Feb: Commission
for Social Development 44th. Session
- 11-12 Feb: Progressive
Governance Summit, Hammanskraal, South Africa
- 13-14 Feb: United
Nations Forum on Forests (6th Session), New York
- 13-17 Feb: 2nd Joint
Committee Meeting: Planning and Involvement of Government Departments in the FAFT
Plenary Meeting, CTICC, Cape Town
- 15 Feb: Budget
Speech
- 17 Feb: Fourth Meeting
of the International Working Group on Côte D'Ivoire
- 17-27 Feb:
Transitional Justice and Peace Conference, Cape Town
- 18 Feb: President
Thabo Mbeki to witness the Promulgation of DRC Constitution
- 18-19
Feb: International
Tourist Guide Day
- 20-22 Feb: International
Conference and Exhibition on Water in the Environment
- 20-24 Feb:
SADC Council of Ministers Meeting, Gaborone,
Botswana
- 20-24 Feb: International Forum on the Social Science - Policy
Nexus (UNESCO)
- 21 Feb: International
Mother Language Day
- 21-22 Feb: Indian
Ocean Rim (IOR) Council of Ministers Meeting, Iran
- 22-23 Feb: Environmental
Enforcement Conference
- 22-24 Feb: Design
Indaba Conference
- 22-27 Feb: South Africa - Finnish Local and Regional
Seminar, Rustenburg
- 23-25 Feb: Joint Maritime Commission/Subcommittee
on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (ILO)
- 24-26 Feb:
Design Indaba Expo
- 25-28
Feb: The 8th International Conference
on Dry Lands Development: "Human and Nature - Working Together for Sustainable
Development in Dry Lands" (UNU)
- 26 Feb: EU
Commissioner Louis Michel to pay courtesy call on President Mbeki
- 26-28
Feb: South
Africa to host Conference on African Studies in Africa, Pretoria
- 27
Feb - 10 Mar: Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW) 50th Session
- 28 Feb: Launch
of the 2005 INCB (International Narcotics Control Board) Report
- 28
Feb - 1 Mar: "Innovative Financing for
Development and Combating Pandemics" Conference, France
Top
March 2006 - 1 Mar: Local
Government Elections (South African Public Holiday)
- 6-9 Mar: World
Conference on Art Education (UNESCO)
- 6-9 Mar: African
Ministerial Conference on Hydropower and Sustainable Development, Sandton
- 6-9
Mar: World
Bank Group Workshop, Cape Town
- 6-10 Mar: National Sanitation Week
- 7
Mar: President Mbeki to receive a Courtesy Call
from Delegation of Iraqi Parliamentarians
- 7 Mar: Launch
of the Progress Report on global HIV treatment (HIV/AIDS)
- 8 Mar: United
Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace (International
Womens Day)
- 8 Mar: Commonwealth Day
- 8-11 Mar: International
Women's Conference
- 9 Mar: President
Mbeki to Visit Portugal for the Inauguration of President-elect Professor Anibal
Cavaco Silva and for Bilateral Meetings
- 10 Mar: African
Union (AU) Peace and Security Council Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 11
Mar: President Mbeki to attend Inauguration of President-designate Dr Michelle
Bachelet of Chile
- 11-12 Mar: South
Africa - Saudi Arabia Joint Commission, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 12-17
Mar: Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
to Host Prince and Princess from Belgium on Economic Mission
- 13 Mar:
Minister Sue van der Merwe to receive Courtesy
Call from Vietnamese Minister of Government Mr Doan Manh Giao
- 13-14
Mar: President Thabo Mbeki to Host United
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan
- 13-17 Mar: 3rd
Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (UNEP)
- 13-17
Mar: Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers
in the Event of a Maritime Accident
- 15 Mar: World Consumer Rights Day
- 15
Mar: Ministerial Session of South Africa - DRC
Bi-national Commission (BNC), Kinshasa
- 16 Mar: Third
Session of South Africa - DRC Bi-national Commission (BNC), Kinshasa
- 16
Mar: Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Ms Sue
van der Merwe, Holds Bilateral Discussions with Romanian Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Mr Teodor Bacaonschi, Union Buildings, Pretoria
- 16 Mar: World
Water Forum - Launch of World Water Report (UNESCO)
- 16-17 Mar: Conference
on World Heritage and Climate Change (UNESCO)
- 16-21 Mar: Irish
Deputy Prime Minister Harney Pays an Official Visit to South Africa
- 16-22
Mar: World
Water Forum
- 16-31 Mar: 295th
Session of the Governing Body and its Committees (ILO)
- 17 Mar: National
Tuberculosis Day
- 17 Mar: The
Fifth Meeting of the Ministerial International Working Group on Côte d'Ivoire
- 20
Mar: Earth Day
- 20 Mar: Head Injury
Awareness Day
- 20-26 Mar: National
Water Week
- 20-31 Mar: 8th
Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNEP)
- 21
Mar: Human Rights Day (South Africa)
- 21 Mar: World Poetry Day
- 21
Mar: International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)
- 21
Mar: International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination
- 21 Mar: Week of Solidarity with the Peoples
Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
- 21-23 Mar: State
Visit by President Thabo Mbeki to Italy
- 22 Mar: World Water Day
- 22-28 Mar: Sasol
SciFest 2006
- 23 Mar: World Meteorological Day
- 23-24
Mar: Working Visit by President Thabo Mbeki
to Algeria
- 24 Mar: World TB Day (WHO)
- 24 Mar: Deputy
Minister Pahad to hold Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions with the Minister
of State for External Affairs, Anand Sharma of India
- 27-31 Mar: National
Water Week
- 28-30 Mar: Third
Session of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Ministerial Trilateral Commission,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 30 Mar - 1 Apr: State
Visit to South Africa by President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) of Palestine
Top
April 2006 - Apr: Health Awareness
Month
- Apr: National Blood Donor Month
- 2-8 Apr: National Polio
Eradication Awareness Week
- 2-8 Apr: 12th Governing Board Meeting of the
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Western Cape
- 3 Apr: Visit
by French Deputy Foreign Minister Bridgette Giradin
- 3 Apr: Visit
by French Deputy Foreign Minister Bridgette Giradin
- 3-5 Apr: African
Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD), Nairobi, Kenya
- 3-6
Apr: African
Film Summit
- 5-7 Apr: 10th
International Winelands Conference - "Public Management and Development:
Illusion, Delusion, Illumination?"
- 7 Apr: World
Health Day
- 7 Apr: Working
Visit to South Africa by President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania
- 11-12
Apr: NEPAD ICT Youth Programme Prepatory Meeting, Birchwood
- 14 Apr: Good
Friday
- 17 Apr: Family Day
- 17 Apr: World Haemophilia
Day
- 19-21 Apr: South African
National NEPAD Strategy Workshop, Johannesburg
- 19-25 Apr:
Visit by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to Japan and Indonesia
- 20
Apr: President Thabo Mbeki to bestow National
Orders, Union Buildings, Tshwane
- 21 Apr: World Book Day
- 22-23
Apr: "Stories
from the Field"
- 23 Apr: World
Book and Copyright Day
- 25 Apr: Africa Malaria Day
- 26 Apr: World
Intellectual Property Day (outside link)
- 27
Apr: Freedom Day (South Africa)
- 27-28 Apr: G8
Healthcare Ministerial Meeting, Moscow, Russia (outside link)
- 28-29
Apr: President Thabo Mbeki to host President
Francois Bozize of the Central African Republic (CAR)
Top
May 2006 - May:
Energy Efficiency Month
- 1 May: Workers' Day (South Africa)
- 1-4
May: Special
Summit of the African Union on HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Abuja,
Nigeria (outside link)
- 1-5 May: Conference
of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (UNEP)
- 1-12
May: 5th
Session of the Pan African Parliament, Gallagher Estates, Johannesburg
(outside link)
- 1-12 May: 14th
Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
- 3 May: World Press Freedom Day
- 3-5
May: IST-Africa
Conference, Pretoria
- 3-5 May: 365
Days of Action to End Gender Violence Conference, South Africa
(outside link)
- 4 May: Deputy
Minister Aziz Pahad to interact with the Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International
Organisations resident in South Africa
- 4-5 May: 2nd
National Consultative Conference of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM),
Johannesburg, South Africa
(outside link)
- 6-9 May: Tourism
Indaba 2006
- 8 May: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- 8-9
May: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during
the Second World War
- 8-10 May: Knowledge for Africa's Development Conference,
Pretoria
- 12 May: International Nurses Day
- 13-20
May: National
Science Week
- 15 May: International Day of Families (UN)
- 15-26
May: First Sessional Period
of the Convention Bodies in 2006 (UNFCCC)
- 17 May: World Telecommunication Day (ITU)
- 18
May: South Africa - Iran Discussions, Pretoria,
South Africa
- 18 May: International Candlelight Memorial
- 19
May: 7th Session of the International
Ministerial Working Group (IWG) Meeting on Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan
- 19-28
May: World Health Assembly
- 21 May:
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- 22 May:
Department's Candlelight Memorial in memory
of loved ones who have died of AIDS
- 22 May: Acting
Foreign Minister Jeff Radebe signs agreement with the Deputy Executive Director
of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
- 22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
- 22-27
May: Annual
World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland (outside link)
- 23-24
May: 7th Session of the SA - UK Bilateral Forum,
London, United Kingdom
- 24-25 May: Working
Visit by President Thabo Mbeki to London, United Kingdom
- 25 May: Africa
Day
- 25 May: Take a Girl Child to Work
- 25 May: Week of Solidarity
with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
- 27-30 May: Non
Aligned Movement (NAM) Co-ordinating Bureau Ministerial Meeting in Putrajaya,
Malaysia
- 29 May: Budget
Vote of Minister Dlamini Zuma
- 29 May: International Day of United
Nations Peacekeepers
- 29-31 May: Deputy
President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Visits Scotland and London
- 31 May:
World No-Tobacco Day (WHO)
- 31
May - 2 Jun: World Economic
Forum on Africa, Cape Town
- 31 May - 2 Jun: United
Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV and AIDS (outside
link)
- 31 May - 5 Jun: Official
Visit to China by Deputy Minister Aziz Pahad
Top
June 2006 - Jun: Youth
Development Month
- 1 Jun: International Children's Day
- 1
Jun: UNISA Seminar: Africa and a reformed United Nation: Challenges and future
perspective, University of South Africa, Tshwane.
- 4 Jun: International
Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- 5 Jun: Burundi Peace Talks,
Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
- 5 Jun: World Environment Day
- 5-7 Jun:
74th International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) Annual Conference, Cape
Town
- 5-9 Jun: World Environment Week
- 5-11 Jun: Stroke Awareness
Week
- 7 Jun: Budget Vote of
the Presidency, Cape Town, South Africa
- 8 Jun: Response
to the Debate on the Budget Vote of the Presidency, Cape Town, South Africa
- 8
Jun: World Oceans Day
- 9-14 Jun: African
Union (AU) Ministerial Meeting, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
- 10-14
Jun: Femmes Africa Solidaire (FAS), Women's
Conference on Gender, Peace and Security in Africa, Bamako, Mali
- 12
Jun: World Day Against Child Labour (ILO)
- 14
Jun: World Blood Donor Day
- 15 Jun: SADC
Meeting of the Inter-State Politics and Diplomacy Committee (ISPDC), Windhoek,
Namibia
- 16 Jun: National Youth Day (South Africa)
- 16 Jun:
Day of the African Child (UNICEF)
- 17
Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and
Drought
- 19 Jun: Visit by the
Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco to South Africa
- 19 Jun:
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Sue
van der Merwe, to Meeting with Human Rights Activist of the Western Sahara, Ms
Aminatou Haidar, of the Polisario Front, Tshwane, South Africa
- 19-23
Jun: World
Urban Forum
- 19-24 Jun: SADC Intergrated Conference of Ministers, Sandton
Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 19-25 Jun: Epilepsy Week
- 19-26 Jun: SANCA Drug Awareness Week
- 20 Jun: Visit
by President Thabo Mbeki to Sudan
- 20 Jun: World Refugee Day
- 20-23 Jun:
26th Session of the CTBTO Preparatory
Commission
- 20-24 Jun: Southern
African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards Regional Adjudication Committee
(RAC) Meeting, Durban, South Africa
- 21 Jun: National Epilepsy Day
- 21-22
Jun: Visit by the Chinese Premier Wen Jiaboa
to South Africa
- 22-23 Jun: SADC
Integrated Committee of Ministers (ICM) Meeting, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg,
South Africa
- 23 Jun: United
Nations Public Service Day
- 23 Jun: Deputy
Minister Aziz Pahad Hosts Mozambican Counterpart, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Co-operation Dr Eduardo Koloma
- 26 Jun: International Day Against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Traffick
- 26 Jun: International Day in Support of Victims
of Torture (UN)
- 26-30 Jun: NEPAD E-Africa Youth Programme, Mpumalanga
- 26 Jun - 7 Jul: United Nations Conference to Review Progress made in
implementing the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit
Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
- 28-29 Jun: 9th
Ordinary Session of the African Union Ministers, Banjul, The Gambia
- 29
Jun: South Africa - Mozambique Heads
of State Economic Bilateral Forum, Maputo, Mozambique
Top July
2006 - 1-2 Jul: 7th Summit of African
Union Heads of State and Government
- 1-8 Jul: South African Student
Sports Union's 4th All Africa Student Games, Pretoria
- 3 Jul: Working
Visit to the Repubic of Guinea by President Thabo Mbeki, Conakry, Guinea
- 4-5
Jul: State Visit to the Republic of Niger
by President Thabo Mbeki, Niamey, Niger
- 5 Jul: South
Africa - Spain Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 5-7
Jul South African Energy Association (SANEA): African Regional Meeting and Energy
Scenarios Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 6 Jul: Foreign
Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma pays a Courtesy Call on President Mamadou Tandja
of Niger, Niamey, Niger
- 6 Jul: International Day of Cooperatives
- 6
Jul: National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day
- 6-7 Jul: 8th
Session of the South Africa - Japan Partnership Forum
- 7-9 Jul: Working
Visit to the Federal Republic of Germany by President Thabo Mbeki, Berlin, Germany
- 9-14
Jul: Official Visit to the United Kingdom by Minister Dlamini Zuma
- 10-11
Jul: Microsoft Government Leaders Forum - Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
- 10-13
Jul: 25th Southern African Transport Conference, Pretoria, South Africa
- 11
Jul: World Population Day
- 11 Jul:
South Africa - Democratic People's Republic
of Korea (DPRK) Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South
Africa
- 14-15 Jul: SADC Ministerial
Visit to the DRC
- 15-17 Jul: G8
Summit, St Petersburg, Russia
- 16 Jul: Hepatitis Day
- 16-17
Jul: South Africa at G-8 Summit, Strategic Outreach
Partners
- 16-20 Jul: 3rd
Regional International Conference in Mexico
- 17 Jul: Deputy
Minister Aziz Pahad holds discussions with Palestinian activist Leila Khaled,
Tshwane, South Africa
- 17-20 Jul: South
African Delegation Visit to Bolivia
- 19-20 Jul: International Women's
Media Foundation Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 20 Jul: International
Working Group Meeting on Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- 24
Jul: Joint ITEC Inter-Sessional Meeting
between South Africa and the Russian Federation, Pretoria, South Africa
- 25
Jul: President Thabo Mbeki to meet with the
African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review Team
- 28 Jul -
21 Oct: Programme of the African
Leadership Institute for Community Transformation (ALICT), Stellenbosch
- 30
Jul: Press Briefing by President Thabo Mbeki
on the Mid-Year Cabinet Legotla
- 30 Jul: Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Top
August
2006 - Aug: National
Women's Month
- 1-7 Aug: World Breastfeeding Week
- 03 Aug: Inaugural
Conference of the Economic Empowerment of Women, Durban
- 4 Aug: 8th
Meeting of the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and
Security Co-operation, Windhoek, Namibia
- 4 Aug: Visit
by Sri Lankan Women's Delegation consisting of Ministers and MP's for Women's
Month
- 6-12 Aug: National Immunisation Awareness Week
- 8-14
Aug: Organ Donor Week
- 9 Aug: National Women's Day (South Africa)
- 9
Aug: International Day of Indigenous People
- 12
Aug: International Youth Day
- 15 Aug:
2010 World Cup National Communication Partnership Conference
- 15-16
Aug: SADC Ministerial Meeting, Maseru, Lesotho
- 16
Aug: President Thabo Mbeki to open the
Giriyondo Border Post, Limpopo
- 16
Aug: World Youth Day
- 17 Aug: SADC Day
- 17-18 Aug: SADC
Heads of State and Government Summit, Maseru, Lesotho
- 21-22 Aug: South
Africa-Iran Joint Bilateral Commission
- 22 Aug: Discussions
with South African Aid Agencies regarding Lebanon
- 22-27 Aug: Leaders
in Conservation in Africa Workshop, Kurger National Park
- 23 Aug: International
Day for the Rememberance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- 27 Aug
- 1 Sep: Third Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa
- 28-30
Aug: South Africa - Belarus Bilateral Political
and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 28 Aug - 1 Sep: 3rd
Global Envoironment Facility General Assebly, CTICC
- 29-30 Aug: 4th
Session of the South Africa - Rwanda Joint Commission of Co-operation (JCC), Kigali,
Rwanda
- 29-31 Aug: Pan African Health Congress, Sandton, South Africa
- 30
Aug: International Day of the Disappeared
Top
September
2006 - September: Heritage Month (South Africa)
- September:
Health Awareness Month (South Africa)
- September:
Tourism Month (South Africa)
- September:
Heart Month (South Africa)
- World Maritime Day (during last week of September)
- 1-3
Sep: New Asian African Strategic Partnership
(NAASP) Senior Officials Meeting, Durban South Africa
- 1-7 Sep: National
Arbour Week
- 3 Sep: Science and Technology hosts G 77 Ministerial Meeting
- 4-6
Sep: International Conference on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Pretoria, South
Africa
- 4-11 Sept: Pharmacy Week
- 5-6 Sep: State
Visit by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation to South Africa
- 6
Sep: Launch of State of World
Population 2006 Report
- 7 Sep: Signing
of the Burundi Cease-fire Agreement, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- 7-9 Sep:
South
African Sport and Recreation Conference
- 8 Sep: International
Working Group on Cote d' Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
- 8 Sep:
International
Literacy Day
- 9-13 Sep: Deputy
President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka pays an Official Visit to India
- 10
Sep - 19 Nov: Participation of South Africa
in the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale
- 11 Sept: President
Thabo Mbeki visits the Democratic Republic of Congo
- 11-15 Sep: Africa
and Diaspora Conference on Cultural Diversity for Social Cohesion and Sustainable
Development, South Africa
- 13 Sep: Forum
on Community-Based Innovation
- 13 Sept: IBSA
Summit of Heads of State and Government, Brasilia, Brazil
- 13-15 Sep:
Design
for Development Lekgotla 2006 Exhibition
- 14 Sep: 6th
Annual TWIB Conference and Awards
- 15-16 Sept: Non-Aligned
Movement Summit, Havana, Cuba
- 16 Sep: International
Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- 18-20 Sept: 61st
Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), New York, USA
- 19
Sep: Minister Nqakula visits Burundi and Tanzania
- 21
Sep: International
Day of Peace
- 21 Sep:
International Day of Peace Vigil
- 24 Sep: National Heritage Day (South
Africa)
- 24 Sep: World
Heart Day
- 24-27 Sep: International Innovation and Technology Exhibition
(INSITE), Gauteng, South Africa
- 27 Sep: National
Orders Ceremony
- 27 Sep: World Tourism Day
- 27-29 Sep:
Bio2Biz South Africa 2006 Conference
- 30
Sep - 3 Oct: Official Visit to South Africa
by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to South Africa
Top October
2006 Top November
2006 - 4-5 Nov: Forum on China-Africa
Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit of Heads of State and Government, Beijing, China
- 6
Nov: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
and Armed Conflict
- 8 Nov: Media Briefing
2006 Human Development Report (HDR) Launch
- 8 Nov: SADC
Malaria Day
- 9 Nov: Launch of United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Report
- 10 Nov: World
Quality Day
- 10 Nov: World Science Day for Peace and Development
- 11
Nov: 9th International Fair, Union Buildings,
City of Tshwane
- 12-16 Nov: Official
Visit to Portugal and Ireland by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
- 12
Nov: Africa University Day
- 13-17 Nov: 27th
Session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission
- 14 Nov: 7th
Meeting of the South Africa - European Union (SA-EU) Joint Co-operation Council
(JCC), Brussels, Belgium
- 14 Nov: World Diabetes Day
- 16
Nov: International
Day for Tolerance
- 17-18 Nov: Extraordinary
Session of the African Union Executive Council of Foreign Ministers, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
- 19 Nov: South Africa
- Kenya Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions
- 20 Nov: Africa
Industrialisation Day
- 20 Nov: Universal
Children's Day
- 21 Nov: South Africa
- Namibia Head of State Economic Bilateral Forum
- 21 Nov: Philosophy
Day (UNESCO)
- 21 Nov: World
Television Day
- 23 Nov: South Africa
- Venezuela Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 23-24
Nov: South Africa - Guinea Joint Commission
of Cooperation (JCC)
- 25 Nov: International
Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- 25 Nov-10 Dec: 16
Days of No Violence Against Women and Children (DFA Poster)
- 27 Nov
- 1 Dec: 8th Conference of the
Parties to the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes (UNEP)
- 28 Nov:
South Africa - Sudan Political and Economic
Discussion, Pretoria, South Africa
- 29 Nov: International Day of Solidarity
with the Palestinian People
- 30 Nov: Africa
- South America Summit in Abuja, Nigeria
Top December
2006 - 1 Dec: World Aids Day
- 1 Dec: South
Africa - France Political and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 1-8
Dec: State Visit by the Governor-General of
Canada, Michaëlle Jean to South Africa
- 2 Dec: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- 3
Dec: International Day of People with Disabilities
- 4-6
Dec: Official Visit by Dr Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma to Japan
- 5 Dec: International
Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- 6 Dec: President
Mbeki to attend Inauguration of President Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa, Democratic
Republic of Congo
- 7 Dec: International
Civil Aviation Day
- 7-10 Dec: Deputy
President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to pay Working Visit to Scotland and the United
Kingdom
- 8 Dec: South Africa - United
States of America Bilateral Political and Economioc Discussions, Washington D.C.,
USA
- 9 Dec: International
Anti-Corruption Day
- 10 Dec: International
Human Rights Day
- 10 Dec: International Children's Day of Broadcasting
- 10-11
Dec: South Africa - Mali Second Session of
the Joint Commission for Co-operation (SA - Mali JCC), Bamako, Mali
- 10-14
Dec: 16th Council of Commonwealth Education Minister's Conference, Cape Town
- 11
Dec: International Mountain Day
- 12-13 Dec: State
Visit to South Africa by President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic
- 16
Dec: Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
- 18 Dec: International
Migrants' Day
- 18-19 Dec: IBSA Meeting
on public administration partnerships, Glenburn Lodge, Johannesburg
- 19
Dec: United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- 25 Dec: Christmas
Day
- 26 Dec: Day of Goodwill
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