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See also: 2001 in South Africa, other events of 2002, 2002 in South African sport, 2003 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

January

March

April

May

June

July

  • 15 July - Nelson Mandela calls on government and business leaders worldwide to find ways to provide access to treatment to those people living with HIV/AIDS

August

  • 8 August - The government announces the go-ahead for an anti-retroviral roll-out plan
  • 9 August - Ed Fagan leds a $50bn class action suit by a few apartheid-era victims against international firms and banks who profited from dealings with apartheid government
  • 25 August - The Medicines Control Council threatens to de-register Nevirapine unless further studies and appropriate documentation can show its efficacy in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV

September

October

November

December

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Sport

Athletics

  • The national marathon championships are not held

Births

Deaths

See also: 2000 in South Africa, other events of 2001, 2002 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

March

  • 18 March - The Department of Health declines the offer of a large donation of HIV test kits made by Guardian Scientific

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20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
1999 2000 2001 - 2002 - 2003 2004 2005

2002 by topic:
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Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
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'See also:'' 2001 in South African sport, 2002 in South Africa, 2003 in South African sport and the Timeline of South African sport.

Athletics

  • Mbulaeni Mulaudzi wins bronze in the 800 metres at the 13th African Championships in Athletics held in Radés, Tunisia

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See also: 2002 in South Africa, other events of 2003, 2003 in South African sport, 2004 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

January


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This is a timeline of the History of South Africa. For sport see Timeline of South African sport.

Before European colonisation

  • Early BCE Southern Africa
  • Early ACE Southern Africa

Colonization

  • 1400s
  • 1500s

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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Classification & external resources

The Red ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS.
ICD-10 B 24.
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Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (whose full name is Mantombazana Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang) (born 9 October 1940) is the controversial Health Minister of South Africa under the government of Thabo Mbeki (as of 2007).
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Nevirapine, also marketed under the trade name Viramune® (Boehringer Ingelheim), is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) used to treat HIV-1 infection and AIDS.
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South African Air Force (SAAF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag) is the air force of South Africa. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra (Through adversity to the stars).
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Louis Trichardt (for a short period known as Makhado) is a town situated at the foot of the Soutpansberg mountain range in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is in a fertile region where litchis, bananas, mangoes and nuts are produced.
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Musina (previously called Messina) is the northernmost city in the Limpopo province of South Africa near the Limpopo River border with Zimbabwe. It has a population of about 20,000. Its suburb of Beitbridge is 5,000 people.
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Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (whose full name is Mantombazana Edmie Tshabalala-Msimang) (born 9 October 1940) is the controversial Health Minister of South Africa under the government of Thabo Mbeki (as of 2007).
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Geneva (pronunciation /dʒənivə/; French: Genève /ʒənɛv/, German: Genf
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    Human immunodeficiency virus 1
  • Human immunodeficiency virus 2
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Codes
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 B20-B24
ICD-9 042 - 044
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Classification & external resources

The Red ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS.
ICD-10 B 24.
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Malaria
Classification & external resources

Plasmodium falciparum ring-forms and gametocytes in human blood.
ICD-10 B 50.
ICD-9 084

OMIM 248310
DiseasesDB 7728
MedlinePlus 000621
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Events

  • 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses.

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Hector Pieterson (1964 – 16 June 1976) became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a news photograph by Sam Nzima of the dying Hector being carried by a fellow student, was published around the world.
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Soweto is an urban area in the City of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation, short for South Western Townships, subsequently referred to by relocating residents and other South Africans as "So Where To
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Events

  • 678 - Saint Agatho begins his reign as a Catholic Pope.

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