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Positive Men's Movement of South Africa (POMESA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mensday.org.za/index.html |title=Positive men's movement of South Africa |publisher=Mensday.org.za |accessdate=20 November 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123173248/http://www.mensday.org.za/index.html |archivedate=23 November 2009 }}</ref> in partnership with South African Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (NAPWA)<ref>[http://www.napsar.org/index.php Network of Africa People Living with HIV and AIDS for Southern Africa Region] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119215015/http://www.napsar.org/index.php |date=19 November 2015 }}</ref> organized the first Annual International Men's Day event. The event was held on 6 December 2008, and involved a Men's March for peace and justice from taxi rank to the national men's rally venue which is Rabasotho hall in Thembisa township, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Between three and five thousand men attended from all provinces of South Africa. Speakers in the event included the national government officials, national leadership of POMESA and NAPWA, and civil society, and included an Annual Men's Awards event to honour three outstanding men who have or and continue to contribute positively in the creation of peaceful and just society.<ref name="Thompson"/><ref name="mensday.org.za">{{cite web |url=http://www.mensday.org.za/aboutus.html |title=International Men's Day NAPWA and POMESA |publisher=Mensday.org.za |accessdate=20 November 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118064604/http://www.mensday.org.za/aboutus.html |archivedate=18 November 2009 }}</ref>

In 2008, POMESA and NAPWA celebrated IMD on 6 December.<ref name="mensday.org.za"/> As the December date was not celebrated by other participating countries, discussions were undertaken within both organizations and in May 2009 the Secretary General of NAPWA and POMESA Nkululeko Nxesi announced that the National Boards of both organizations have agreed to celebrate the Men's day on the same dates with other countries beginning on 19 November 2009 and in each year thereafter on the same date.<ref name="Thompson"/><ref name="Malta & South Africa"/>

On 19 November 2009 five thousand men from across Africa converged on the Orlando Communal Hall in Soweto to celebrate the second annual International Men's Day, where they promoted gender equality, positive male role models and emphasised that ‘not all men are bad people'.<ref>[http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/article201916.ece Motlanthe calls for SA men to fight abuse, Times Live] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[http://multimedia.timeslive.co.za/videos/2009/11/not-all-men-are-bad/ Not All Men Are Bad – The Times Live] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121172231/http://multimedia.timeslive.co.za/videos/2009/11/not-all-men-are-bad/ |date=21 November 2009 }}</ref> Deputy President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe delivered the keynote address at what was termed "a ground-breaking event". The meeting was organized and led by the National Association of People Living With HIV and AIDS (NAPWA) to highlight the need for treatment access to medication and prevention.<ref>[http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1089126 A new plan is needed to fight HIV, Sowetan News (18 November 2009)] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09111816351001.htm |title=Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to attend the second International Men's Day |publisher=Info.gov.za |accessdate=20 November 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122452/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09111816351001.htm |archivedate=28 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=8b86b14c20b05210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default |title=SA joins world to mark International Men's Day, SABC News (Nov 19 2009) |publisher=Sabcnews.com |accessdate=20 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827222815/http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=8b86b14c20b05210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default |archive-date=27 August 2011 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

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