2002 in South Africa

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1 Events

Events

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

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

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 transmisssion of HIV

15 September - A truck is found in Linchburg with weapons and other suppliers, Boeremag member, Lets Pretorius , is arrested and charged
20 September - Boeremag members, Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl , are arrested in Memel but only Hanekom is charged

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

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

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