2004 in South Africa
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See also: 2003 in South Africa, other events of 2004, 2004 in South African sport, 2005 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
- 1 January - Asher Karni, an Israeli and South African businessman from Sea Point, Cape Town who is alleged to have supplied nuclear technology to Pakistan, is arrested at Denver International Airport, Colorado
[edit] March
- Building of the new Giriyondo Border Post between South Africa and Mozambique in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park is started
[edit] April
- 14 April - The 3rd democratic elections are held and won by the African National Congress
- 16 April - A set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old is discovered at the excavations at Blombos cave near Stillbaai in the southern Cape
[edit] July
- 1 July - A South African Air Force Atlas Oryx helicopter crash lands near the Johannesburg International Airport with no falitities
- 6 July - A South African Air Force SE-316B Alouette III helicopter crash lands at Grahamstown. No falitities reported
[edit] August
- 23 August - The SAS Mendi (F148), a Valour class frigate, and the HMS Nottingham (D91), a Type 42 destroyer, met at the site where the SS Mendi, a World War I troopship, sank. Wreaths where laid in remembrance to those who passed away in service for their country
[edit] September
- 1 September - 6 people are killed and more than 100 were injured when a gas explosion occurs in the Sasol synthetic fuel plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga Province
- 9 September - The first locally assembled Agusta A109LUH makes its first flight at Denel's Kempton Park facilities
[edit] December
- 15 December - South Africa announces that it will buy the Airbus A400M transport aircraft
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 13 March - Dullah Omar, a lawyer and politician dies of Hodgkin's Disease
- 9 May - Brenda Fassie, singer, dies after allegedly taking a drug overdose
- 12 September - Ray Simons, a communist and trade unionist, dies in Cape Town at the age of 91
- 12 December - Phaswane Mpe, poet and novelist
