2010 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 2010 in South Africa.

2010
in
South Africa

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Incumbents

Cabinet

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

National Assembly

Provincial Premiers

Events

February
March
  • 2 Minister of Arts and Culture Lulama Xingwana leaves an art exhibition, allegedly because it depicts same-sex couples.[5]
May
June
  • 11 to 11 July The 2010 FIFA World Cup takes place in South Africa and is won by Spain, with the Netherlands as the runner-up.
July
  • 2 Former Chief of Police and Chief of Interpol, Jackie Selebi, is found guilty of corruption, but not guilty on further charges of perverting the course of justice.[7]
August
  • 25 In the Blackheath train accident a minibus carrying 14 school children is struck by a train at a level crossing in Cape Town. Nine die on the scene and a 10th child later dies in hospital.[8]
  • 24-26 President Jacob Zuma leads a delegation of over 200 South African business leaders and entrepreneurs to the People's Republic of China to promote trade and investment between the two countries.[9]
November
  • 13 Anni Dewani, while on her honeymoon in South Africa, is kidnapped and then murdered in Gugulethu township near Cape Town.[10]

Deaths

Railways

Locomotives

Sports

Rugby

  • 5 June South Africa vs Wales International Rugby Friendly is played.

Football

  • 11 June The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins in South Africa.
  • 11 July The 2010 FIFA World Cup ends.

See also

References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1994-2017 (Accessed on 5 June 2017)
  2. "Barbie gets 7 years in jail". Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. "Eskom scores 24.8% hike". Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  4. "Coup for white Zim farmers". Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  5. "This is not art!": Lulu Xingwana Archived 7 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "King Shaka welcomes first plane". IOL. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  7. South Africa ex-police head Selebi guilty of corruption
  8. Train hits school bus near CT
  9. Zuma in China for state visit
  10. BBC News. "Anni Dewani honeymoon murder: South African jailed", 8 August 2012. Retrieved on 7 April 2013.
  11. Ruben Kruger passes away
  12. Deputy health minister dies
  13. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert dies
  14. "Sudden death of King Matanzima, 39". Daily Dispatch. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  15. Fiona Coyne dies in crash in CT
  16. Former deputy minister Joe Matthews dies Mail & Guardian, 19 August 2010
  17. Edward Tsumele (14 October 2010). "Teenage Lover Rabanye dies". sowetanlive.co.za.
  18. Transnet press release on 2 March 2011
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