Events Calendar 2022

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This document contains a list of major international and departmental events for the year 2016. 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.

2022 Calendar of Events
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MAJOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS United Nations (UN) Site 1 October 2021 – 30 March 2022: Dubai Expo 2020

January 2022

• 1 Jan: New Year's Day
• 17-19 Jan: Follow-up Visit by Deputy Minister Alvin Botes for the District Development Model and Back-to-School campaigns to George, Western Cape Province, South Africa
• 30 Jan: World Leprosy Day

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February 2022

• 2 Feb: World Wetlands Day
• 4 Feb: World Cancer Day
• 20 Feb: World Day of Social Justice
• 21 Feb: International Mother Language Day
• 21 Feb: International Tourist Guide Day

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March 2022

• March: Human Rights Month (South Africa)
• March: TB Awareness Month (South Africa)
• 6-12 Mar: World Glaucoma Week
• 8 Mar: International Women's Day
• 14 Mar: Commonwealth Day
• 15 Mar: World Consumer Rights Day
• 21 Mar: Human Rights Day (South Africa)
• 21 Mar: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 21 Mar: World Poetry Day
• 22 Mar: World Water Day
• 25 Mar: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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April 2022

• April: Freedom Month (South Africa)
• 4 Apr: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
• 15 Apr: Good Friday
• 18 Apr: Family Day
• 22 Apr: International Mother Earth Day
• 23 Apr: World Book and Copyright Day
• 26 Apr: World Intellectual Property Day
• 27 Apr: Freedom Day (South Africa)
• 30 Apr: World Veterinary Day

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May 2022

• May: Africa Month
• May: Energy Month (South Africa)
• 1 May: Workers Day (South Africa)
• 2 May: Public Holiday (South Africa)
• 3 May: World Press Freedom Day
• 15 May: International Day of Families
• 17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
• 18 May: International Museum Day
• 21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• 22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
• 25 May: Africa Day

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June 2022

• June: Youth Month (South Africa)
• June: Environment Month (South Africa)
• 4 Jun: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• 8 Jun: World Oceans Day
• 13 Jun: International Albinism Awareness Day
• 14 Jun: World Blood Donor Day
• 15 Jun: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 16 Jun: Youth Day (South Africa)
• 17 Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 20 Jun: World Refugee Day
• 23 Jun: Africa Public Service Day
• 26 Jun: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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July 2022

• July: Nelson Mandela Month
• July: Moral Regeneration Month (South Africa)
• 11 Jul: World Population Day
• 18 Jul: Nelson Mandela Day
• 28 Jul: World Hepatitis Day

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August 2022

• August: Women's Month (South Africa)
• 9 Aug: Women's Day (South Africa)
• 9 Aug: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• 12 Aug: International Youth Day
  31 Aug: African Traditional Medicine Day

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September 2022

• September: Heritage Month (South Africa)
• September: Tourism Month (South Africa)
• September: Public Service Month (South Africa)
• September: Heart Awareness Month (South Africa)
• September: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (South Africa)
• September: National Month of Deaf People (South Africa)
• 8 Sep: International Literacy Day
• 9 Sep: World Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
• 10 Sep: World Suicide Prevention Day
• 15 Sep: International Day of Democracy
• 16 Sep: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• 21 Sep: International Day of Peace
  
• 21 Sep: World Alzheimer's Day
• 24 Sep: Heritage Day (South Africa)
• 26 Sep: World Environmental Health Day
• 28 Sep: World Rabies Day
• 30 Sep: International Translations Day

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October 2022

• October: Transport Month (South Africa)
• October: Marine Month (South Africa)
• October: Social Development Month (South Africa)
• 1 Oct: International Day of Older Persons
• 3 Oct: World Habitat Day
• 9 Oct: Partnership against HIV/AIDS Anniversary
• 9 Oct: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
• 10 Oct: World Mental Health Day
• 11 Oct: International Day of the Girl Child
• 12 Oct: World Arthritis Day
• 14 Oct: World Sight Day
• 15 Oct: International Day of Rural Women
• 15 Oct: Global Handwashing Day
• 16 Oct: World Food Day
• 16 Oct: World Spine Day
• 17 Oct: World Trauma Day
• 17 Oct: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 20 Oct: World Osteoporosis Day
• 24 Oct: United Nations (UN) Day
• 27 Oct: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
• 28 Oct-3 Nov: World Stroke Awareness Week
• 31 Oct: World Cities Day

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November 2022

• 3 Nov-3 Dec: Disability Rights Awareness Month (South Africa)
• 6 Nov: SADC Malaria Day
• 6 Nov: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
• 13-19 Nov: International Fraud Awareness Week
• 14 Nov: World Diabetes Day
• 15-21 Nov: International Fraud Awareness Week
• 20 Nov: Universal Children's Day
• 20 Nov: Africa Industrialisation Day
• 21 Nov: World Remembrance Day for Victims of Road Accidents
• 21 Nov: World Fisheries Day
• 25 Nov: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
• 25 Nov-10 Dec: 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children
• 29 Nov: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

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December 2022

• December: Reconciliation Month (South Africa)
• 1 Dec: World AIDS Day
• 2 Dec: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3 Dec: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• 5 Dec: International Volunteers Day
• 7 Dec: International Civil Aviation Day
• 9 Dec: International Anti-Corruption Day
• 10 Dec: International Human Rights Day
• 12 Dec: Universal Health Coverage Day
• 16 Dec: Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
• 18 Dec: International Migrants Day
• 20 Dec: International Human Solidarity Day
• 25 Dec: Christmas Day
• 26 Dec: Day of Goodwill

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