The following lists events that happened during 2011 in South Africa.
Incumbents President – Jacob Zuma Deputy President – Kgalema Motlanthe Chief Justice – Sandile Ngcobo then Mogoeng Mogoeng
Cabinet The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.
National Assembly
Provincial Premiers Eastern Cape Province: Noxolo Kiviet Free State Province: Ace Magashule Gauteng Province: Nomvula Mokonyane KwaZulu-Natal Province: Zweli Mkhize Limpopo Province: Cassel Mathale Mpumalanga Province: David Mabuza North West Province: Thandi Modise Northern Cape Province: Hazel Jenkins Western Cape Province: Helen Zille
Events
February 9 – A generator fails catastrophically while performing overspeed testing at Duvha Power Station.
May 18 – Municipal elections take place.
October 7 – The 14th Dalai Lama is unable to attend the 80th birthday celebration of fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, having again been refused a visa to enter South Africa.Was South Africa right to deny Dalai Lama a visa? 4 October 2011Dalai Lama criticises China in South Africa video link bbc 8 October 2011
Deaths
29 January – Fanus Rautenbach, Afrikaans radio and media personality. (b. 1928) 18 February – Lucas Maree, South African singer. (b. 1952) 12 March – Hubert du Plessis, South African composer and pianist. (b. 1922) 16 March – Carel Boshoff, South African politician, founder of Orania. (b. 1927) 24 March – Henry Gordon Makgothi, teacher, defiance campaigner and 1956 treason trialist. (b. 1928)Henry Makgothi: The softly-spoken freedom fighter 2 June – Albertina Sisulu, anti–apartheid activist, widow of Walter Sisulu. (b. 1918) 15 June – Zack du Plessis, Afrikaans actor. (b. 1949) 22 June – Kader Asmal, politician. (b. 1934) 11 July – King Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile, Rarabe King. (b. 1956) 13 July – Al Debbo, South African actor, comedian and singer. (b. 1924) 18 July – Magnus Malan, Minister of Defence. (b. 1930) 11 September – Deon du Plessis, newsman. (b. 1952)Respected newsman Deon du Plessis dies 26 October – Dick Lord, South African Air Force and Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot. (b. 1936) 22 December – Zithulele Sinqe, long distance athlete. (b, 1963)Zithulele Sinqe dies in crash 25 December – John Christoffel Kannemeyer, writer, authority on Afrikaans literature. (b. 1939).Top book man dies suddenly 29 December – Amichand Rajbansi, leader of the Minority Front in the South African Parliament. (b. 1942).
Railways
Locomotives January – Transnet Rail Engineering at Koedoespoort takes delivery of the first two of ten imported Class General Electric type C30ACi diesel-electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail.Railways Africa, 12 Jan 2011: New Diesels for South Africa July – The first of the 133 locally built Class locomotives rolls out at the Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria.
See also 2011 in South African television
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