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2001 in South African sport
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November 02, 2025
This is a list of events in South African sport in 2001.
Contents
Football (soccer)
See also
References
Football (soccer)
11 April - The
Ellis Park Stadium Disaster
, the worst sporting accident in South African history, resulted in 43 deaths at
Ellis Park Stadium
in the city of
Johannesburg
,
Gauteng Province
,
South Africa
during the local derby
football
match between
Kaizer Chiefs
and
Orlando Pirates
.
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1
]
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2
]
See also
2000 in South African sport
2001 in South Africa
2002 in South African sport
List of years in South African sport
References
↑
Staff (12 April 2001).
"Families mourn 43 killed in football stampede"
.
The Guardian
.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
1 November
2025
.
↑
"Africa's tragic record of stadium disasters"
.
ESPN.com
. 29 July 2017.
Archived
from the original on 18 January 2018
. Retrieved
1 November
2025
.
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