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2003 in South Africa

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2003
in
South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 2003 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.

Events

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January
February
  • 9 Feb- 23 Mar - South Africa co-hosts the ICC Cricket World Cup. Australia are declared champions after beating India in the final.
March
April
May
  • 13 – Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang presents her budget speech to the National Assembly, outlining that free health care will be extended to people with disabilities.
June
July
  • 31 – SABC shuts down Bop TV due to financial constraints.
August
  • 3–6 – A National AIDS Conference is held in Durban.
  • 14 – South Africa signs a contract to acquire four new Super Lynx helicopters for operation from the new naval corvettes.
  • 28 – Three parachuted pallets, dropped by a South African Air Force Casa 212 during a training mission, are blown off course and lands in a residential suburb of Gauteng, causing minor damage.
September
  • 7–17 – The 5th World Parks Congress is held in Durban.
October
November
December
Unknown date

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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