2011 in South Africa

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.

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

 * 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).

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.