2011 in South Africa
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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
The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.
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.[citation needed]
- 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.[1][2]
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)[3]
- 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)[4]
- 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)[5]
- 25 December – John Christoffel Kannemeyer, writer, authority on Afrikaans literature. (b. 1939).[6]
- 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 43-000 General Electric type C30ACi diesel-electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail.[7]
- July – The first of the 133 locally built Class 43-000 locomotives rolls out at the Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Was South Africa right to deny Dalai Lama a visa? 4 October 2011
- ^ Dalai Lama criticises China in South Africa video link bbc 8 October 2011
- ^ Henry Makgothi: The softly-spoken freedom fighter
- ^ Respected newsman Deon du Plessis dies
- ^ Zithulele Sinqe dies in crash Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Top book man dies suddenly
- ^ Railways Africa, 12 Jan 2011: New Diesels for South Africa
- ^ "Railways Africa, 10 Jul 2012: Class 43 Loco Celebration". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Further reading
- Andreas Mehler; et al., eds. (2012). "South Africa". Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2011. Vol. 8. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 511+. ISBN 978-90-04-24178-7.
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