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. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... See also: 2001 in South African sport, 2002 in South Africa, 2003 in South African sport and the Timeline of South African sport. ... This is a timeline of the History of South Africa. ...

Events

January

• 29 January - Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian organisation, begins importing a cheap, generic version of patented AIDS drugs into South Africa in a direct defiance to South Africa's patent laws

January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Médecins Sans Frontières (abbreviated MSF; known as Doctors Without Borders in the United States, as Médicos Sin Fronteras in the Spanish language and as Médicos Sem Fronteiras in Portuguese language) is a nonprofit private organisation created in 1971 by a small group of French doctors led... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

March

• 27 March - Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang approaches the Constitutional Court to stop the issueing of nevirapine

March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is (as of 2005) Health Minister of South Africa under the government of Thabo Mbeki. ... A Constitutional Court is a high court found in many countries which deals primary with constitutional law. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

April

• 26 April - A South African Air Force Impala jet crashes near the Albasini Dam between Makhado and Musina killing pilot Captain Brett Burmeister

April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... The South African Air Force roundel The South African Air Force (SAAF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag) is the air force of South Africa. ... The Aermacchi or Macchi MB-326 is a two-seat military jet trainer aircraft designed in Italy. ... Makhado (previously called Louis Trichardt) is a town situated at the foot of the Soutpansberg mountain range in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. ... Musina (previously called Messina) is the most northernly town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa near the Limpopo River border with Zimbabwe. ...

May

• 20 May - Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang announces at the World Health Assembly in Geneva that South Africa pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is (as of 2005) Health Minister of South Africa under the government of Thabo Mbeki. ... The World Health Assembly is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 192 member states. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German: //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. ...

June

• 16 June - The Hector Pieterson Museum became the first museum to open in Soweto
• 27 June - Two South African Air Force Atlas Oryx helicopters flying from the South African research ship Agulhas took emergency food supplies and evacuated 21 Russian scientists from the German-owned Magdalena Oldendorff which was trapped in ice off Antarctica since 16 June

June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Hector Pieterson (1964 – 16 June 1976) became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto riots 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. ... Johannesburg, including Soweto, from the International Space Station Soweto is an urban area in Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... The South African Air Force roundel The South African Air Force (SAAF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag) is the air force of South Africa. ... Oryx M2 The Atlas Oryx (named after the Oryx antelope) is a medium_sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation (now Denel Aviation) of South Africa. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ...

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

July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (IPA ) (born July 18, 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

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

August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ...

September

• 15 September - Johan Pretorius, Boeremag member, is arrested and charged when he was found with a truckload of weapons and explosives in Lichtenburg
• 20 September - Boeremag members, Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl, are arrested in Memel, Free State but only Hanekom is charged
• 22 September - The South African Air Force Museum's only flying T-6G Harvard crashes into power lines during a flypast at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2002 being held at AFB Waterkloof, Pretoria. Pilot Col Jeff Earle escaped with minor injuries.

September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Johan Lets Pretorius (b. ... The Boeremag (meaning farmers force in Afrikaans) is an irredentist organization whose goals are the overthrow of the African National Congress/South African Communist/Congress of South African Trade Unions regime in South Africa and a restoration of the erstwhile Boer Republics in order to stem the increasing farm... Lichtenburg is a town situated in North West Province of South Africa. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Dirk Jacobus Hanekom (b. ... Memel is a small town in the Free State Province of South Africa. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... The South African Air Force roundel The South African Air Force (SAAF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag) is the air force of South Africa. ... The T-6 was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft designed by North American Aviation, used to train fighter pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II. The T-6 is known... Air Force Base Waterkloof is an airbase of the South African Air Force. ... City motto: Praestantia Praevaleat Pretoria (May Pretoria Be Pre-eminent In Excellence) Province Gauteng Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...

October

• 10 October - State President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki states that AIDS drugs are dangerously toxic to people and questions whether HIV or poverty is the true cause of Aids
• 30 October - 9 bombs explode in Soweto and 1 in Bronkhorstspruit. The Boeremag claims responsibility

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... From 1961 to 1994, South Africas head of state was called the State President or Staatspresident in Afrikaans. ... Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born June 18, 1942) is the President of the Republic of South Africa. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Johannesburg, including Soweto, from the International Space Station Soweto is an urban area in Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. ... Bronkhorstspruit is a small farming town 50km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards Witbank. ... The Boeremag (meaning farmers force in Afrikaans) is an irredentist organization whose goals are the overthrow of the African National Congress/South African Communist/Congress of South African Trade Unions regime in South Africa and a restoration of the erstwhile Boer Republics in order to stem the increasing farm...

November

• 4 November - Alleged Boeremag leader Tom Vorster arrested in Pretoria for the October bombings
• 22 November - A bomb explodes at the Grand Central Airport in Midrand, Gauteng
• 28 November - A bomb explodes on a bridge on the border between KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape Provinces

November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... The Boeremag (meaning farmers force in Afrikaans) is an irredentist organization whose goals are the overthrow of the African National Congress/South African Communist/Congress of South African Trade Unions regime in South Africa and a restoration of the erstwhile Boer Republics in order to stem the increasing farm... City motto: Praestantia Praevaleat Pretoria (May Pretoria Be Pre-eminent In Excellence) Province Gauteng Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Grand Central Airport (IATA: GCJ, ICAO: FAGC) is a small privately-owned airfield which is open to public air traffic. ... Midrand is a town located in the Johannesburg conurbation in Gauteng Province, South Africa. ... Categories: South Africa stubs | Provinces of South Africa | Gauteng Province ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. ... The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. ...

December

• 16 - 20 December - The African National Congress holds their 51st National Conference in Stellenbosch

December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The African National Congress (ANC) is a centre-left political party, and has been South Africas governing party supported by a tripartite alliance between itself, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. ... Stellenbosch is the second oldest European settlement in South Africa after Cape Town, and is located in the Western Cape Province. ...

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• Mbongeni Ngema's controversial song, AmaNdiya is banned

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Births

Thamsanqa Burt Shaun Davis 02/01/18

Deaths

• 26 April - Steve Tshwete, activist and politician
• 1 June - Hansie Cronje dies in a plane crash in the mountains near George