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Development calenDar 2013 www.ngopulse.org P O Box 31392 Braamfontein, 2017 I Tel: +27 11 403-4935 I Fax: +27 11 403-0130 I E-mail: [email protected] SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN JANUARY 1 Global Family Day Public Domain Day World Day of Peace Sudan Independence Day (1956) New Year’s Day 2 3 4 World Braille Day World Hypnotism Day 5 6 World Day of War Orphans 7 8 9 10 11 International Thank You Day 12 13 14 15 Wikipedia Day 16 17 18 Internet Freedom Day 19 20 World Religion Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 International Customs Day 27 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust World Leprosy Day National Police Day 28 International Data Privacy Day Community Manager Appreciation Day 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 1 2 World Wetlands Day 3 4 World Cancer Day 5 World Safer Internet Day 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 7 8 9 10 11 12 Darwin Day 13 World Radio Day International Condom Day 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day State of the Nation Address Valentine’s Day 15 International Childhood Cancer Day Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Day 16 17 World Community Arts Day 18 Gambia Independence Day (1965) 19 20 World Day of Social Justice 21 International Tourist Guide Day 22 World Thinking Day 23 Open Data Day 24 World Yoga Day 25 26 27 National Budget Speech 28 Rare Disease Day MARCH 1 2 Africa Union Day Morocco Independence Day (1956) 3 International Day for Ear and Hearing International Sex Worker Rights Day Music Freedom Day Africa Environment Day 4 5 6 World Maths Day Ghana Independence Day (1957) 7 World Book Day 8 United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace/ International Women’s Day 9 10 11 World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film World Plumbing Day Commonwealth Day 12 World Day Against Cyber Censorship Mauritius Independence Day (1968) 13 14 International Day of Action for Rivers World Kidney Day 15 World Consumers Rights Day World Sleep Day 16 17 18 19 World Social Work Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Richards Bay 20 Meatout Day International Day of the Francophonie International Day of Happiness International Earth Day World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People World Leadership Day World Sparrow Day World Storytelling Day Tunisia Independence Day (1956) 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination International Day of Nowruz World Down Syndrome Day World Forestry Day World Home Economics Day World Poetry Day World Puppetry Day Namibia Independence Day (1990) Human Rights Day 22 World Water Day 23 World Meteorological Day Earth Hour 24 International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims World Tuberculosis Day 25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members 26 TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Durban 27 World Theatre Day Document Freedom Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Port Shepstone 28 29 Good Friday 30 31 APRIL 1 Family Day 2 International Children’s Book Day World Autism Awareness Day 3 4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Senegal Independence Day (1960) 5 6 7 International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda World Health Day 8 9 10 11 World Parkinson’s Disease Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Pietermaritzburg 12 International Day for Street Children International Day of Human Space Flight World Entrepreneurship Day 13 14 15 16 World Voice Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Pretoria 17 International Day of Farmers Struggle World Haemophilia Day 18 International Day for Monuments and Sites Zimbabwe Independence Day (1980) 19 20 21 World Creativity and Innovation Day 22 International Mother Earth Day 23 World Book and Copyright Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Cape Town 24 International Noise Awareness Day World Day for Laboratory Animals World Plone Day 25 World Malaria Day Africa Malaria Day 26 Global Youth Service Day World Intellectual Property Day Tanzania Union Day (1964) 27 World Veterinary Day Sierra Leone Independence Day (1961) Togo Independence Day (1960) Freedom Day 28 International Workers’ Memorial Day World Day for Safety and Health at Work Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 29 Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare International Dance Day 30 International Jazz Day MAY 1 International Workers’ Day Labour Day 2 3 World Press Freedom Day 4 International Firefighters’ Day 5 International Day of the Midwife 6 International No Diet Day 7 World AIDS Orphans Day World Asthma Day 8 World Red Cross Red Crescent Day Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 9 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War Europe Day 10 World Lupus Day World Move for Health Day 11 World Fair Trade Day World Migratory Bird Day 12 International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases International Nurses Day Mother’s Day 13 14 15 International Conscientious Objectors’ Day International Day of Families 16 International Day for Sharing Life Stories 17 International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day International Museum Day 19 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day 20 World Metrology Day Cameroon Republic Day (1972) 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 22 International Day for Biological Diversity 23 World Turtle Day 24 Eritrea Independence Day (1993) 25 International Missing Children’s Day Africa Day 26 Bipolar Awareness Day 27 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health World Play Day Ethiopia National Day (1991) 29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 30 World Multiple Sclerosis Day 31 World No-Tobacco Day JUNE 1 Global Day of Parents International Children’s Day World Drawing Day 2 Global Sharing Day 3 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 5 World Environment Day 6 7 8 World Brain Tumour Day World Oceans Day 9 10 11 12 World Day Against Child Labour 13 14 World Blood Donor Day 15 Global Wind Day World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 16 International Day of the African Child Youth Day Father’s Day 17 International Ride to Work Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 18 19 World Sickle Cell Day 20 World Refugee Day Africa Refugee Day 21 World Music Day National Epilepsy Day 22 23 International Windows Day United Nations Public Service Day Africa Public Service 24 25 International Day of the Seafarer Mozambique Independence Day (1975) 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Madagascar Independence Day (1960) Acceptance of Freedom Charter (1955) Substance Abuse Prevention Day 27 28 29 World Industrial Design Day Seychelles Independence Day (1976) 30 Social Media Day Democratic Republic of the Congo Independence Day (1960) JULY 1 Burundi Independence Day (1962) Rwanda Independence Day (1962) Somali Independence Day (1960) 2 3 4 5 Cape Verde Independence Day (1975) 6 International Day of Cooperatives Comoros Independence Day (1975) Malawi Independence Day (1964) 7 8 9 South Sudan (2011) 10 Panic Awareness Day 11 World Population Day 12 Sao Tome & Principe Independence Day (1975) 13 14 15 16 17 World Day for International Justice 18 Nelson Mandela International Day 19 20 21 22 23 Egypt Revolution Day (1952) 24 25 World Patient Safety Day 26 Liberia Independence Day (1847) 27 28 World Hepatitis Day 29 International Tiger Day 30 International Day of Friendship Day 31 Pan-African Women’s Day AUGUST 1 Benin Independence Day (1960) 2 3 4 5 Burkina Faso Independence Day (1960) 6 7 Cote d’Ivoire Independence Day (1960) 8 9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People National Women’s Day 10 11 Chad Independence Day (1960) 12 International Youth Day 13 International Lefthanders Day 14 15 Republic of the Congo Independence Day (1960) 16 17 SADC Day Gabon Independence Day (1960) 18 19 World Humanitarian Day World Photography Day 20 21 22 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 24 25 26 27 28 29 International Day Against Nuclear Tests 30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 31 African Traditional Medicine Day SEPTMBER 1 Libya Revolution Day (1969) Arbour Day 2 3 4 Secretaries Day 5 6 Swaziland Independence Day (1968) Casual Day 7 International Vulture Awareness Day 8 International Literacy Day World Physical Therapy Day 9 International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day Africa Union Day 10 World Suicide Prevention Day 11 12 United Nations Day for South -South Cooperation World Oral Health Day 13 14 World First Aid Day National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Day 15 International Day of Democracy 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 17 18 World Water Monitoring Day 19 20 Recycling Day 21 International Day of Peace World Alzheimer’s Day International Coastal Clean Up Day 22 World Carfree Day World Rhino Day Mali Independence Day (1960) 23 24 Guinea Bissau Independence Day (1973) Heritage Day National Braai Day 25 26 World Contraception Day African Penguin Day 27 World Maritime Day World Tourism Day 28 International Right to Know Day 29 World Heart Day 30 Botswana National Day (1966) OCTOBER 1 International Day of Older Persons World Vegetarian Day Nigeria Independence Day (1960) National Inherited Disorders Day 2 International Day of Non-Violence World Farm Animals Day Guinea Independence Day (1958) 3 4 World Animal Day World Smile Day Lesotho National Day (1966) 5 World Hoop Day World Teachers’ Day 6 7 World Architecture Day World Day for Decent Work World Habitat Day 8 9 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction World Post Day Uganda Independence Day (1962) 10 World Day Against the Death Penalty World Mental Health Day World Sight Day 11 International Day of the Girl Child World Egg Day 12 World Arthritis Day World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Equatorial Guinea Independence Day (1968) National Bandana Day 13 14 World Standards Day 15 Blog Action Day Global Handwashing Day International Day of Rural Women International White Cane Safety Day National Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day 16 Global Dignity Day World Bread Day World Food Day 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty World Trauma Day 18 19 20 International Day of the Air Traffic Controller World Osteoporosis Day National Down Syndrome Awareness Day 21 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day 23 National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day 24 United Nations Day World Development Information Day Zambia Independence Day (1964) 25 26 27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 28 International Animation Day 29 World Psoriasis Awareness Day World Stroke Day 30 International Orthopaedic Nurses Day 31 NOVEMBER 1 World Vegan Day Algeria Revolution Day (1954) 2 National Children’s Day 3 4 5 International Volunteer Manager Appreciation Day 6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict World Responsible Tourism Day 7 International Day for the African Writer 8 International Day of Radiology World Radiography Day World Town Planning Day 9 International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism 10 World Immunisation Day World Run Day World Science Day for Peace and Development 11 Armistice Day Angola Independence Day (1975) 12 World Pneumonia Day SADC Malaria Day 13 World Kindness Day 14 World Diabetes Day World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day World Quality Day World Usability Day 15 16 International Day for Tolerance 17 International Students Day World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims World Prematurity Day 18 African Statistics Day 19 International Men’s Day World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse World Toilet Day 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance Universal Children’s Day World Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day Africa Industrialisation Day 21 World Fisheries Day World Hello Day World Philosophy Day World Television Day 22 23 24 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 26 27 28 Mauritania Independence Day (1960) 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 30 Buy Nothing Day Computer Security Day DECEMBER 1 World AIDS Day Central African Republic Day (1958) 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 3 International Day of Disabled Persons 4 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development World Soil Day 6 7 International Civil Aviation Day 8 9 International Anti-Corruption Day World Alliance for Patient Safety Day 10 International Day for Animal Rights International Human Rights Day Nobel Prize Day 11 International Mountain Day 12 Kenya Independence Day (1963) 13 14 15 16 Day of Reconciliation 17 18 International Migrants Day World Arabic Language Day Niger Republic Day (1958) 19 20 International Human Solidarity Day 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day 26 Day of Goodwill 27 28 29 30 31 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 19 January - 10 February African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 19 January - 10 February Teen Suicide Prevention Week 9-17 February Pregnancy Awareness & STI/Condom Week 10-16 February CANSA Shavathon 25 February - 2 March CANSA Shavathon 25 February - 2 March World Social Forum 23 - 28 March World Salt Awareness Week 11 - 17 March National Water Week 19 - 25 March World Glaucoma Week 10 - 16 March School Health Week 4 - 8 March World Creativity and Innovation Week 15 - 21 April World Immunisation Week 24 - 30 April National Polio and Immunisation Campaign 29 April - 17 May National Polio and Immunisation Campaign 29 April - 17 May Hospice Week 5 - 11 May Burns Awareness Week 6 - 12 May Child Protection Week 27 May - 2 June World Economic Forum on Africa 8 - 10 May Child Protection Week 27 May - 2 June National Epilepsy Week 17- 23 June National Polio Immunisation Week 17- 28 June National Youth Health Indaba & SANCA Drug Awareness Week 24 - 28 June SANGONeT “No Pain No Gain” Campaign National Science Week 29 July - 3 August National Science Week 29 July - 3 August World Breastfeeding Week 1 - 7 August Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Week 5 - 9 August Polio Awareness Week 6 - 12 August African Traditional Medicine Week 26 - 31 August National Arbor Week 1 - 7 September Pharmacy Week 1 - 8 September Kidney Awareness & Back Week 2 - 6 September World Space Week 4 - 10 October Public Service Month 1 - 30 September Social Development Month 1 - 31 October National Clean-Up Week 16 - 21 September World Retina Week 23- 29 September National Marine Week 7 - 11 October National Nutrition Week 9 - 15 October National Obesity Week 15 - 19 October Disarmament Week 24 - 30 October Stroke Week 28 October- 3 November World Bone and Joint Week 12 - 20 October Stroke Week 28 October- 3 November SADC Malaria Week 4 - 8 November National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Week 4 - 10 November National Fraud Awareness Week 17 - 21 November 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women 25 November - 10 December 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women 25 November - 10 December International Days Africa Days South African Public Holidays South African Days and Weeks Events TPC Workshops Design and Layout by Manik Design Studio World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 23 - 27 January

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

JANUARy

1Global Family DayPublic Domain DayWorld Day of Peace

Sudan Independence Day (1956)

New Year’s Day

2 3 4World Braille Day

World Hypnotism Day

5 6World Day of War

Orphans

7 8 9 10 11International Thank

You Day

12 13 14 15Wikipedia Day

16 17 18Internet Freedom Day

19 20World Religion Day

21 22 23 24 25 26International Customs Day

27International Day of Commemoration in

Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

World Leprosy DayNational Police Day

28International Data

Privacy DayCommunity Manager

Appreciation Day

29 30 31

FEbRUARy1 2

World Wetlands Day3 4

World Cancer Day5

World Safer Internet Day6

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital

Mutilation

7 8 9 10 11 12Darwin Day

13World Radio Day

International Condom Day

14Congenital Heart Defect

Awareness DayState of the Nation

AddressValentine’s Day

15International Childhood

Cancer DayHealthy Lifestyles

Awareness Day

16 17World Community

Arts Day

18Gambia Independence

Day (1965)

19 20World Day of Social

Justice

21International

Tourist Guide Day

22World Thinking Day

23Open Data Day

24World Yoga Day

25 26 27National Budget Speech

28Rare Disease Day

MARcH

1 2Africa Union Day

Morocco Independence Day (1956)

3International Day for

Ear and HearingInternational Sex Worker Rights Day

Music Freedom Day Africa Environment Day

4 5 6World Maths Day

Ghana Independence Day (1957)

7World Book Day

8United Nations Day for

Women’s Rights and International Peace/

International Women’s Day

9 10 11World Day of Muslim

Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

World Plumbing DayCommonwealth Day

12World Day Against Cyber

CensorshipMauritius Independence

Day (1968)

13 14International Day of

Action for Rivers World Kidney Day

15World Consumers

Rights Day World Sleep Day

16 17 18 19World Social Work DayTPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal &

Tax Perspective

Richards Bay

20Meatout Day

International Day of the Francophonie

International Day of Happiness

International Earth DayWorld Day of Theatre for

Children and Young PeopleWorld Leadership Day

World Sparrow DayWorld Storytelling DayTunisia Independence

Day (1956)

21International Day for

the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

International Day of Nowruz

World Down Syndrome Day

World Forestry Day World Home Economics

DayWorld Poetry Day

World Puppetry DayNamibia Independence

Day (1990)Human Rights Day

22World Water Day

23World Meteorological

Day Earth Hour

24International Day for the Right to the Truth

concerning Gross Human Rights Violations

and for the Dignity of Victims

World Tuberculosis Day

25International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave

TradeInternational Day of

Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff

Members

26TPC Workshop: Managing

your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective

Durban

27World Theatre Day

Document Freedom DayTPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal &

Tax Perspective

Port Shepstone

28 29Good Friday

30 31

ApRIl

1Family Day

2International Children’s

Book DayWorld Autism Awareness

Day

3 4International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine

ActionSenegal Independence

Day (1960)

5 6 7International Day of

Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda

World Health Day

8 9 10 11World Parkinson’s

Disease Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal &

Tax Perspective

Pietermaritzburg

12International Day for

Street Children International Day of Human Space Flight

World Entrepreneurship Day

13 14 15 16World Voice Day

TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal &

Tax Perspective

Pretoria

17International Day of

Farmers StruggleWorld Haemophilia Day

18International Day for Monuments and Sites

Zimbabwe Independence Day

(1980)

19 20 21World Creativity and

Innovation Day

22International Mother

Earth Day

23World Book and Copyright Day

TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal &

Tax Perspective

Cape Town

24International Noise

Awareness DayWorld Day for

Laboratory AnimalsWorld Plone Day

25World Malaria DayAfrica Malaria Day

26Global Youth Service

DayWorld Intellectual

Property DayTanzania Union Day

(1964)

27World Veterinary Day

Sierra Leone Independence Day

(1961)Togo Independence Day

(1960)Freedom Day

28International Workers’

Memorial DayWorld Day for Safety and

Health at WorkWorldwide Pinhole Photography Day

29Day of Remembrance

for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

International Dance Day

30International Jazz Day

MAy

1International Workers’

DayLabour Day

2 3World Press Freedom

Day

4International

Firefighters’ Day

5International Day of the

Midwife

6International No Diet Day

7World AIDS Orphans Day

World Asthma Day

8World Red Cross Red

Crescent DayTime of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their

Lives during the Second World War

9Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their

Lives during the Second World WarEurope Day

10World Lupus Day

World Move for Health Day

11World Fair Trade DayWorld Migratory Bird

Day

12International Awareness

Day for Chronic Immunological and

Neurological DiseasesInternational Nurses Day

Mother’s Day

13 14 15International

Conscientious Objectors’ Day

International Day of Families

16International Day for Sharing Life Stories

17International Day

Against Homophobia and Transphobia

World Telecommunication and Information Society

Day

18HIV Vaccine Awareness

Day International Museum

Day

19International AIDS

Candlelight Memorial Day

20World Metrology Day

Cameroon Republic Day (1972)

21World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue

and Development

22International Day for Biological Diversity

23World Turtle Day

24Eritrea Independence

Day (1993)

25International Missing

Children’s DayAfrica Day

26Bipolar Awareness Day

27 28International Day of Action for Women’s

HealthWorld Play Day

Ethiopia National Day (1991)

29International Day of United Nations

Peacekeepers

30World Multiple Sclerosis

Day

31World No-Tobacco Day

JUNE

1Global Day of Parents

International Children’s Day

World Drawing Day

2Global Sharing Day

3 4International Day of Innocent Children

Victims of Aggression

5World Environment Day

6 7 8World Brain Tumour Day

World Oceans Day

9 10 11 12World Day Against Child

Labour

13 14World Blood Donor Day

15Global Wind Day

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

16International Day of the

African ChildYouth Day

Father’s Day

17International Ride to

Work Day

World Day to Combat Desertification and

Drought

18 19World Sickle Cell Day

20World Refugee DayAfrica Refugee Day

21World Music Day

National Epilepsy Day

22 23International Windows

Day United Nations Public

Service DayAfrica Public Service

24 25International Day of the

SeafarerMozambique

Independence Day (1975)

26International Day

against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

International Day in Support of Victims of

TortureMadagascar

Independence Day (1960)

Acceptance of Freedom Charter (1955)

Substance Abuse Prevention Day

27 28 29World Industrial Design

DaySeychelles

Independence Day (1976)

30Social Media Day

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Independence Day (1960)

JUly1

Burundi Independence Day (1962)

Rwanda Independence Day (1962)

Somali Independence Day (1960)

2 3 4 5Cape Verde

Independence Day (1975)

6International Day of

CooperativesComoros Independence

Day (1975)Malawi Independence

Day (1964)

7 8 9South Sudan (2011)

10Panic Awareness Day

11World Population Day

12Sao Tome & Principe Independence Day

(1975)

13 14 15 16 17World Day for

International Justice

18Nelson Mandela

International Day

19 20 21 22 23Egypt Revolution Day

(1952)

24 25World Patient Safety Day

26Liberia Independence

Day (1847)

27 28World Hepatitis Day

29International Tiger Day

30International Day of

Friendship Day

31Pan-African Women’s

Day

AUgUST1

Benin Independence Day (1960)

2 3 4 5Burkina Faso

Independence Day (1960)

6 7Cote d’Ivoire

Independence Day (1960)

8 9International Day of

the World’s Indigenous People

National Women’s Day

10 11Chad Independence Day

(1960)

12International Youth Day

13International

Lefthanders Day

14 15Republic of the Congo

Independence Day (1960)

16 17SADC Day

Gabon Independence Day (1960)

18 19World Humanitarian DayWorld Photography Day

20 21 22 23International Day for the Remembrance of

the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

24 25 26 27 28 29International Day

Against Nuclear Tests

30International Day of

the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

31African Traditional

Medicine Day

SEpTMbER

1Libya Revolution Day

(1969)Arbour Day

2 3 4Secretaries Day

5 6Swaziland Independence

Day (1968)Casual Day

7International Vulture

Awareness Day

8International Literacy DayWorld Physical Therapy

Day

9International Fetal Alcohol

Syndrome DayAfrica Union Day

10World Suicide

Prevention Day

11 12United Nations Day

for South -South Cooperation

World Oral Health Day

13 14World First Aid DayNational Attention

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Day

15International Day of

Democracy

16International Day for

the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

17 18World Water Monitoring

Day

19 20Recycling Day

21International Day of Peace

World Alzheimer’s DayInternational Coastal

Clean Up Day

22World Carfree DayWorld Rhino Day

Mali Independence Day (1960)

23 24Guinea Bissau

Independence Day (1973)Heritage Day

National Braai Day

25 26World Contraception Day

African Penguin Day

27World Maritime DayWorld Tourism Day

28International Right to

Know Day

29World Heart Day

30Botswana National Day

(1966)

OcTObER

1International Day of

Older PersonsWorld Vegetarian Day

Nigeria Independence Day (1960)

National Inherited Disorders Day

2International Day of

Non-ViolenceWorld Farm Animals DayGuinea Independence

Day (1958)

3 4World Animal DayWorld Smile Day

Lesotho National Day (1966)

5World Hoop Day

World Teachers’ Day

6 7World Architecture DayWorld Day for Decent

WorkWorld Habitat Day

8 9International Day

for Natural Disaster Reduction

World Post DayUganda Independence

Day (1962)

10World Day Against the

Death PenaltyWorld Mental Health

DayWorld Sight Day

11International Day of the

Girl Child World Egg Day

12World Arthritis DayWorld Hospice and Palliative Care DayEquatorial Guinea Independence Day

(1968)

National Bandana Day

13 14World Standards Day

15Blog Action Day

Global Handwashing Day International Day of

Rural WomenInternational White Cane

Safety DayNational Foetal Alcohol

Syndrome Day

16Global Dignity DayWorld Bread DayWorld Food Day

17International Day for

the Eradication of Poverty

World Trauma Day

18 19 20International Day of the

Air Traffic ControllerWorld Osteoporosis DayNational Down Syndrome

Awareness Day

21 22International Stuttering

Awareness Day

23National Iodine

Deficiency Disorder Day

24United Nations DayWorld Development

Information DayZambia Independence

Day (1964)

25 26 27World Day for

Audiovisual Heritage

28International Animation

Day

29World Psoriasis Awareness Day

World Stroke Day

30International

Orthopaedic Nurses Day

31

NOvEMbER

1World Vegan Day

Algeria Revolution Day (1954)

2National Children’s Day

3 4 5International Volunteer Manager Appreciation

Day

6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the

Environment in War and Armed Conflict

World Responsible Tourism Day

7International Day for

the African Writer

8International Day of

RadiologyWorld Radiography DayWorld Town Planning Day

9International Day

Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

10World Immunisation Day

World Run DayWorld Science Day for

Peace and Development

11Armistice Day

Angola Independence Day (1975)

12World Pneumonia Day

SADC Malaria Day

13World Kindness Day

14World Diabetes Day

World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary

Disease DayWorld Quality Day

World Usability Day

15 16International Day for

Tolerance

17International Students

DayWorld Day of

Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

World Prematurity Day

18African Statistics Day

19International Men’s DayWorld Day for Prevention

of Child AbuseWorld Toilet Day

20Transgender Day of

Remembrance Universal Children’s Day

World Geographic Information Systems

(GIS) DayAfrica Industrialisation

Day

21World Fisheries Day

World Hello DayWorld Philosophy DayWorld Television Day

22 23 24 25International Day for

the Elimination of Violence Against Women

26 27 28Mauritania

Independence Day (1960)

29International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

30Buy Nothing Day

Computer Security Day

DEcEMbER

1World AIDS Day

Central African Republic Day (1958)

2International Day for

the Abolition of Slavery

3International Day of

Disabled Persons

4 5International Volunteer Day

for Economic and Social Development World Soil Day

6 7International Civil

Aviation Day

8

9International

Anti-Corruption DayWorld Alliance for Patient Safety Day

10International Day for

Animal RightsInternational Human

Rights DayNobel Prize Day

11International Mountain

Day

12Kenya Independence

Day (1963)

13 14 15 16Day of Reconciliation

17 18International Migrants Day

World Arabic Language Day

Niger Republic Day (1958)

19 20International Human

Solidarity Day

21 22 23 24 25Christmas Day

26Day of Goodwill

27 28 29 30 31

African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 19 January - 10 February

African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 19 January - 10 February Teen Suicide Prevention Week 9-17 February

Pregnancy Awareness & STI/Condom Week 10-16 February

CANSA Shavathon 25 February - 2 March

CANSA Shavathon 25 February - 2 March World Social Forum 23 - 28 MarchWorld Salt Awareness Week 11 - 17 MarchNational Water Week 19 - 25 March

World Glaucoma Week 10 - 16 March

School Health Week 4 - 8 March

World Creativity and Innovation Week 15 - 21 April World Immunisation Week 24 - 30 April

National Polio and Immunisation Campaign 29 April - 17 May

National Polio and Immunisation Campaign 29 April - 17 MayHospice Week 5 - 11 May

Burns Awareness Week 6 - 12 May

Child Protection Week 27 May - 2 June

World Economic Forum on Africa 8 - 10 May

Child Protection Week 27 May - 2 June National Epilepsy Week 17- 23 June

National Polio Immunisation Week 17- 28 June

National Youth Health Indaba & SANCA Drug Awareness Week

24 - 28 June

SANGONeT “No Pain No Gain” Campaign

National Science Week 29 July - 3 August

National Science Week 29 July - 3 August

World Breastfeeding Week 1 - 7 August

Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Week 5 - 9 AugustPolio Awareness Week 6 - 12 August

African Traditional Medicine Week 26 - 31 August

National Arbor Week 1 - 7 September

Pharmacy Week 1 - 8 September

Kidney Awareness & Back Week 2 - 6 September

World Space Week 4 - 10 October

Public Service Month 1 - 30 September

Social Development Month 1 - 31 October

National Clean-Up Week 16 - 21 SeptemberWorld Retina Week 23- 29 September

National Marine Week 7 - 11 OctoberNational Nutrition Week 9 - 15 October National Obesity Week 15 - 19 October

Disarmament Week 24 - 30 October

Stroke Week 28 October- 3 NovemberWorld Bone and Joint Week 12 - 20 October

Stroke Week 28 October- 3 November SADC Malaria Week 4 - 8 NovemberNational Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Week 4 - 10 November

National Fraud Awareness Week 17 - 21 November 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women 25 November - 10 December

16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women 25 November - 10 December

International Days Africa Days South African Public Holidays South African Days and Weeks Events TPC Workshops Design and Layout by Manik Design Studio

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 23 - 27 January