This is a list of South African supercentenarians (people from South Africa who claim to have reached the age of 110 or over). So far, the oldest known person ever from South Africa was Rosalie Wolpe (1909–2021) who died at the age of 112 years, 127 days, and the oldest known man ever from South Africa was Jan Duminy (1904–2014) who died at the age of 109 years, 271 days.
Unvalidated claims aged 115+ can be found in Longevity claims.
Living South African supercentenarians
Validated Pending Unvalidated
| Province / Country of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Age as of 6 Dec 2024 |
birth | residence |
| Koko Mashienyane[1] | F | 28 July 1910 | 114 years, 131 days | Limpopo | Limpopo | |
List of South African supercentenarians
Deceased (Validated) Living (Validated) Pending Unvalidated
| Province / Country of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | birth | death |
| Koko Mashienyane | F | 28 July 1910 | Living | 114 years, 131 days | Limpopo | Limpopo | |
| 1 | Rosalie Wolpe | F | 25 Aug 1909 | 30 Dec 2021 | 112 years, 127 days | Gauteng | Western Cape |
| 2 | Johanna Adonis | F | 5 Aug 1907 | 1 Feb 2019 | 111 years, 180 days | Western Cape | Western Cape |
| 3 | Anna van Niekerk | F | 31 Mar 1909 | 22 July 2019 | 110 years, 113 days | North West | North West |
Questionable cases
| Province / Country of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | birth | death |
| Nora de Kock | F | 12 May 1910? | 28 Sept 2024 | 114 years, 139 days? | Western Cape | Western Cape | |
| Katerina Heyman | F | 8 Aug 1896? | 17 June 2010 | 113 years, 313 days? | Gauteng | Gauteng | |
| Lozililo Lomitsi Shiba[2] | F | 10 Oct 1895? | fl.9 Dec 2007 | 112 years, 60+ days? | Mpumalanga | Mpumalanga | |
| Christina Khamale[3] | F | 11 Nov 1897? | fl.23 Nov 2009 | 112 years, 12+ days? | Free State | Free State | |
| Elizabeth Maloka[4] | F | 1 Jan 1902? | 13 Jan 2014 | 112 years, 12 days? | Free State | Free State | |
| Johanna Booysen[5] | F | 17 Jan 1857? | 16 June 1968 | 111 years, 151 days? | Gauteng | Mpumalanga | |
| Gogo Shuthekile Nkosi[6] | F | 21 Apr 1907? | fl.1 May 2018 | 111 years, 10+ days? | Mpumalanga | Mpumalanga | |
| Miriam Ebrahim[7] | F | 27 July 1908? | fl.1 Aug 2019 | 111 years, 5+ days? |  ZIM |
Gauteng | |
| Vhulahani Johanna Tsanwani[8] | F | 9 Aug 1903? | fl.23 Aug 2013 | 110 years, 15+ days? | Limpopo | Limpopo | |
| Kedibuo Moseki[9] | F | 5 Mar 1910? | fl.19 Mar 2020 | 110 years, 14+ days? | North West | North West | |
| Andreas Sithole[10] | M | 13 July 1905? | fl.15 July 2015 | 110 years, 2+ days? | KwaZulu-Natal | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Koko Hume Lepota[11] | F | 16 Mar 1909? | fl.16 Mar 2019 | 110 years, 0+ days? | Limpopo | Limpopo | |
References
- ↑ 113th birthday mention of Koko Mashienyane Facebook post, 10 August 2023
- ↑ 112-years-old gogo 'fears the Lord' IOL, 9 December 2007
- ↑ 2 oudste vroue vier saam hul verjaardag Beeld, 16 November 2009 (Archived)
Nuusbrokkies Herriemerrie, 17 November 2009 - ↑ CHIEFS MOURNS THE PASSING ON OF GOGO MALOKA Kaizer Chiefs, 13 January 2023
- ↑ Johanna Booysen (1857?–1968) Status Reclassification LongeviQuest, 17 September 2023
- ↑ Gogo Shuthekile Nkosi from Fernie in Empuluzi turns 111 years old Highvelder News, 25 April 2018
- ↑ Miriam celebrates milestone Tabletalk, 31 July 2019
- ↑ Granny celebrates being one of the oldest citizens Zoutnet, 21 August 2013
- ↑ GOGO'S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY IN 110 YEARS! Daily Sun, 17 March 2020
- ↑ Newcastle Man turns 110 years old Newcastle Advertiser, 14 July 2015 (Archived)
- ↑ ANC DSG Cde Jessie Duarte, and NEC member Cde Bongani Bongo celebrated Koko Hume Lepota's 110th Birthday African National Congress on Twitter, 16 March 2019