Events Calendar 2010
Event
Calender of: 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
This document contains
a list of major international and departmental events for the year 2007.
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,
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on the date and venue of an event before taking any action in respect of that
event.
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March 2010
- 1 Mar: 13th Session of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland
- 2-5 Mar: State Visit by President Jacob Zuma to the United Kingdom
- 7 Mar: South Africa - Sierra Leone Bilateral Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 7-8 Mar: Women, Peace and Security Seminar, Pretoria, South Africa
- 8 Mar: International Women's Day
- 8 Mar: Commonwealth
Day
- 9-11 Mar: Second Session of South Africa - Ghana Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC), Accra, Ghana
- 14-16 Mar: International Conference on Rural Territorial Development, New Delhi
- 15 Mar: World Consumer Rights Day
- 15-21 Mar: National Water Week - "Working Together We Can Save More Water"
- 16-18 Mar: President Jacob Zuma to undertake a Working Visit to Zimbabwe
- 16-18 Mar: Incoming Visits by the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and the Prime Minister of Finland to Cape Town, South Africa
- 18 Mar: Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to meet Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen in Cape Town
- 19 Mar: 8th Session of the South Africa - Egypt Joint Bilateral Commission, Pretoria, South Africa
- 20 Mar: International Earth Day
- 21
Mar: Human Rights Day (South Africa)
- 21 Mar: World Poetry Day
- 21 Mar: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 22 Mar: World Water Day
- 24 Mar: International World TB Day
- 25 Mar: Visit by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Ms Helena Bambasov to Cape Town, South Africa
- 25-26 Mar: State Visit by President Jacob Zuma to Uganda
- 29-30 Mar: Outreach Programme by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in the Free State
- 31 Mar: 5th Bi-National Commission Senior Officials’ Meeting between South Africa and Algeria, Pretoria
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April 2010
- 2 Apr: Good Friday
- 5 Apr: Family Day
- 8-9 Apr: State Visit by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo to Pretoria, South Africa
- 9 Apr: Working Visit by the Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Guido Westerwelle to Pretoria, South Africa
- 12-13 Apr: Nuclear Security Summit, Washington D.C., USA
- 14 Apr: South Africa - United States of America Strategic Dialogue, Washington, D.C., USA
- 15 Apr: 4th India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) Summit in Brasilia, Brazil
- 16-18 Apr: South Africa – Mexico Bi-National Commission (BNC) Senior Officials Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico
- 19 Apr: South Africa – Mexico Bi-National Commission (BNC), Mexico City, Mexico
- 22 Apr: Budget Vote Speech of the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to the National Assembly
- 23 Apr: World Book and Copyright Day
- 23 Apr-2 May: Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim to undertake a Five Nation Visit to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Syria
- 25 Apr: Africa Malaria Day
- 27 Apr: Freedom
Day (South Africa)
- 28 Apr: South Africa - Madagascar Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 29-30 Apr: 10th South Africa – Japan Partnership Forum
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May 2010
- 1 May: Workers Day
(South Africa)
- 3 May: World Press Feedom Day
- 4-7 May: Tenth Annual Regional Seminar on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Pretoria, South Africa
- 6 May: Official Opening of the Shanghai Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
- 6 May: World Asthma Day
- 8 May: World Red Cross Day
- 11 May: 10th SA-EU Ministerial Political Dialogue Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
- 12 May : International Nurse's Day
- 12-13 May: Africa - Nordic Foreign Ministers Meeting, Dakar, Senegal
- 15 May: International Day of Families
- 17 May: Official Visit to the Federal Republic of Nigeria by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
- 17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- 18 May: International Museum Day
- 20 May: International Candlelight Memorial Day
- 22 May: International Day for Biologcal Diversity
- 22 May: High-Level Segment of the Istanbul Conference on Somalia in Istanbul, Turkey
- 24-26 May: Official Visit to Turkey by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
- 25
May: Africa Day
- 25-26 May: 5th Session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) between South Africa and Algeria
- 31 May: Bilateral Meeting between South Africa and France in Nice, France
- 31 May: World No Tobacco Day
- 31 May-1 Jun: 25th Annual Africa - France Summit
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September
2010
- September: Heritage Month (South Africa)
- September: Tourism Month (South Africa)
- 1 Sep: Meeting between Deputy Minister Sue Van Der Merwe and the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr Osamu Fujiimura of Japan, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1-7 Sep: National Arbor Week
- 2 Sep: Weekly Media Briefing by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Cape Town, South Africa
- 8 Sep: International Literacy Day
- 8 Sep: World Rabies Day
- 15-16 Sep: Official Visit by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 16 Sep: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- 20-22 Sep: Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit, New York USA
- 21 Sep: International
Day of Peace
- 21 Sep: International
Day of Alzheimers
- 23-25 & 27-29 Sep: 65th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), New York, USA
- 24 Sep: National Heritage Day (South Africa)
- 25 Sep: IBSA Ministerial Meeting at General Debate of UNGA 65, New York, USA
- 27 Sep: World Tourism Day
- 28 Sep: Working Visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr K Sarybay to Pretoria, South Africa
- 28 Sep: SA - EU Summit, Brussels, Belgium
- 28
Sep: World Heart Day
- 28-29 Sep: Official Visit by President Jacob Zuma to Belgium
- 30 Sep - 2 Oct: Visit by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
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2010
- October: Transport Month (South Africa)
- October: Astronomy Month
- 1 Oct: South Africa - Mozambique Bilateral Consultations, Maputo, Mozambique
- 1 Oct: International Day for Older Persons
- 3-14 Oct: Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, India
- 5 Oct: World Teacher's Day
- 5-6 Oct: State Visit by Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of the Republic of Botswana to Pretoria, South Africa
- 6-11 Oct: 2nd Afro-Arab Summit, Sirte, Libya
- 7 Oct: Weekly Media Briefing by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Pretoria, South Africa
- 7-8 Oct: Working Visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
- 9 Oct: World Postal Day
- 10 Oct: World Mental Health Day
- 10 Oct: World Sight Day
- 13 Oct: International Day for Natural Disaster Reductions
- 15 Oct: Public Lecture by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on South Africa’s Second Term as Non Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council for 2011-2012, Pretoria, South Africa
- 15 Oct: World Rural Women's Day
- 15-16 Oct: 245th Ministerial Level Meeting of the AU’s Peace and Security Council (PSC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 16 Oct: World Food Day (FAO)
- 17 Oct: International Day or the Eradication of Poverty
- 19-20 Oct: State Visit by President Jacob Zuma to the Arab Republic of Egypt
- 20 Oct: World Osteoporosis Day
- 21-22 Oct: World e-Parliament Day
- 21-23 Oct: Africa Regional Heads of Mission (HoM) Conference, Nairobi, Kenya
- 23-26 Oct: Working Visit by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to the Republic of Sudan
- 24 Oct: United Nations (UN) Day
- 28 Oct: Presentation of the Letters of Credence and Commissions from Ambassadors and High Commissioners-designate to South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- 28 Oct: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hosts the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Sultnanate of Oman, Cape Town, South Africa
- 28 Oct: South Africa - Rebublic of Congo Inaugural Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC), Cape Town, South Africa
- 29 Oct: South Africa - Mozambique Heads of State Economic Bilateral Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 29 Oct: Working Visit by the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Armando Emilio Guebuza to South Africa
- 30 Oct-4 Nov: Official Visit by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Institutional Reform, Mr Steven Vanackere of the Kingdom of Belgium to Pretoria, South Africa
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2010
- 1 Nov: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to address the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on the topic of the Relationship between the Republic of South Africa and the Emerging Global Powers
- 4 Nov: Working Visit by President Jacob Zuma to Windhoek, Namibia
- 11-12 Nov: G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea
- 11-12 Nov: South Africa - Argentina Bilateral Senior Officials Level Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 14 Nov: World Diabetes Day
- 16 Nov: International Day for Tolerance
- 16-18 Nov: Visit by Vice President Xi Jinping, of the People’s Republic of China to South Africa
- 16-19 Nov: South Africa - People’s Republic of China 4th Bi-National Commission, Cape Town, South Africa
- 19-20 Nov: SADC Summit, Gaborone, Botswana
- 20 Nov: Africa Industrialisation
Day
- 20 Nov: Universal Children's Day
- 22 Nov: 60th International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (Incosai), Governing Board Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 23 Nov: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hosts CEOs of SA Companies, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 23 Nov: 16th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 25 Nov - 10 Dec: 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women
- 29-30 Nov: 3rd African-European Union Summit, Tripoli, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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