2001 in South Africa
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Incumbents
Events
- March
- 18 – The Department of Health declines the offer of a large donation of HIV test kits made by Guardian Scientific Africa Incorporated.
- April
- 5 – George Bizos is awarded the 2001 International Trial Lawyer Prize of the Year by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
- 11 – Pfizer Inc. agrees to supply AIDS patients attending public hospitals with an unlimited two-year supply of Fluconazole.
- 30 – South Africa and India sign a declaration of intent on co-operation in health and medicine.
- June
- 11 – The Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area is signed into existence.
- 12–15 – President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki undertakes a state visit to the United Kingdom.
- September
- 1–8 – Durban hosts the World Conference against Racism.
- October
- 4 – The first 40 of a planned 1000 elephants, including 3 breeding herds, are translocated from the over-populated Kruger National Park to the war-ravaged Limpopo National Park.
- 9 – The second South African National Census takes place.
- The name of the Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park is changed to the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.
- December
- 4 – Marike de Klerk, ex-wife of former State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, is murdered in her flat in Cape Town.
- Unknown date
- The New National Party withdraws from the Democratic Alliance.
Deaths
- 13 August – Fanie du Plessis (71), South African athlete. (b. 1930)
Railways
Locomotives
- The first of seventeen Class 7E3, Series 1 and Series 2 dual-cab electric locomotives, rebuilt by Spoornet to single-cabs, enter service reclassified to Class 7E4.[1]:50, 61
Sports
Athletics
- 4 March – Ian Syster wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:13:30 in Durban.
References
- ↑ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications.
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