The following lists events that happened during 2004 in South Africa. Incumbents President: Thabo Mbeki. Deputy President: Jacob Zuma. Chief Justice: Arthur Chaskalson. Cabinet The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive. National Assembly Provincial Premiers Eastern Cape Province: Makhenkesi Stofile (until 26 April), Nosimo Balindlela (since 26 April) Free State Province: Winkie Direko (until 26 April), Beatrice Marshoff (since 26 April) Gauteng Province: Mbhazima Shilowa KwaZulu-Natal Province: Lionel Mtshali (until 26 April), S'bu Ndebele (since 26 April) Limpopo Province: until 22 April: Ngoako Ramathlodi 22 April-26 April: Catherine Mabuza since 26 April: Sello Moloto Mpumalanga Province: Ndaweni Mahlangu (until 26 April), Thabang Makwetla (since 26 April) North West Province: Popo Molefe (until 30 April), Edna Molewa (since 30 April) Northern Cape Province: Manne Dipico (until 30 April), Elizabeth Dipuo Peters (since 30 April) Western Cape Province: until 23 April: Marthinus van Schalkwyk 23 April-30 April: Leonard Ramatlakane since 30 April: Ebrahim Rasool Events January 1 – Asher Karni, an Israeli and South African businessman from Sea Point who is alleged to have supplied nuclear technology to Pakistan, is arrested at Denver International Airport, Colorado. March 7 – 64 suspected mercenaries are arrested at Harare, Zimbabwe. 20 of them are South African including their leader, Simon Mann, a former British Army officer and security expert. Building of the new Giriyondo Border Post between South Africa and Mozambique in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park begins. April 14 – The third democratic elections are held and won by the African National Congress. 16 – A set of shell beads, estimated to be 75,000 years old, is discovered at the excavations at Blombos cave near Stilbaai in the Western Cape. May •On May 15 2004, South Africa won the bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. June Nelson Mandela announces he is "retiring from retirement". July 1 – A South African Air Force Oryx helicopter crash lands near the Johannesburg International Airport, with no fatalities. 6 – A South African Air Force SE-316B Alouette III helicopter crash lands at Grahamstown, with no fatalities. Avian influenza is diagnosed in ostriches in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape. August 23 – , a , and , a Type 42 destroyer, meet at the site where the World War I troopship sank. Wreaths are laid in remembrance to those who died in service of their country. 25 –