2011 in South Africa

none August 2022 October 2013 2011 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.First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (South Africa) National Assembly 25th South African Parliament 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.June 2011 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 Deaths in 2011 :Category: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 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021145832/http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/Zithulele-Sinqe-dies-in-crash-20111223 21 October 2013 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 43-000 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 43-000 locomotives rolls out at the Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria.http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/07/class-43-loco-celebration/ Railways Africa, 10 Jul 2012: Class 43 Loco Celebration 21 October 2013 21 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021145943/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/07/class-43-loco-celebration/ dead See also 2011 in South African television References Further reading Andreas Mehler Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2011 2012 8 Koninklijke Brill 978-90-04-24178-7 South Africa 511+ https://books.google.com/books?id=TSUzAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA511 etal 2011 in collapsed South Africa Category:2010s in South Africa Category:Years of the 21st century in South Africa South Africa