2010 in South Africa

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

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Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

Incumbents

• President: Jacob Zuma.[1]
• Deputy President: Kgalema Motlanthe.
• Chief Justice: Sandile Ngcobo.

Events

February

• 24 – Advocate Cézanne Visser is sentenced to seven years in prison by the North Gauteng High Court.[2]
• 24 – Nersa grants Eskom a 24.8% fee increase, 25.8% in 2011 and 25.9% in 2012.[3]
• 25 – The North Gauteng High Court rules that farmers whose land was seized in Zimbabwe can be compensated with Zimbabwean assets in South Africa.[4]

March

• 2 – Minister of Arts and Culture Lulama Xingwana leaves an art exhibition, allegedly because it depicts same-sex couples.[5]

May

• 1 – King Shaka International Airport in Durban is opened and replaces Durban International Airport.[6]

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]

Births

Deaths

• 27 January – Ruben Kruger, Springbok rugby player. (b. 1970)[11]
• 5 February – Harry Schwarz, lawyer, politician and diplomat. (b. 1924)
• 3 April – Eugène Terre'Blanche, political activist. (b. 1941)
• 5 April – Molefi Sefularo, politician and deputy minister. (b. 1957)[12]
• 4 May – Sheena Duncan, activist and Black Sash leader. (b. 1932)
• 14 May – Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, political analyst, businessman and politician. (b. 1940)[13]
• 22 May – Lwandile Zwelenkosi Matanzima, ruler of Western Thembuland. (b. c. 1970)[14]
• 19 June – Nico Smith, activist and theologian. (b. 1929)
• 18 August – Fiona Coyne, actress, author, playwright and television presenter. (b. 1965)[15]

Railways

Class 15E

Locomotives

• Transnet Freight Rail places the first of seventy-six Class 15E heavy electric freight locomotives in service on the Sishen–Saldanha iron ore line.[16]

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

• 2010 in South African television

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. Transnet press release on 2 March 2011