2011 in South Africa

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See also:	; List of years in South Africa;

The following lists events that happened during 2011 in South Africa.

Incumbents

The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.

9 – A generator fails catastrophically while performing overspeed testing at Duvha Power Station.^{[citation needed]}

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]

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).

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]