The following lists events that happened during 2011 in South Africa.
Contents
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
Main article: 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.
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.
Deaths
Further information: 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)
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)
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)
25 December – John Christoffel Kannemeyer, writer, authority on Afrikaans literature. (b. 1939).
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.
July – The first of the 133 locally built Class 43-000 locomotives rolls out at the Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria.