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18/08/2026 8:12 am
https://longeviquest.com/2026/08/gertrude-malan-south-africas-oldest-person-turns-110/
Gertrude Malan, South Africa’s Oldest Person, Turns 110
The Oldest known woman in South Africa, Gertrude Malan, turned 110 on 17 August 2026 according to the Cape Town radio station Heart FM.
Gertrude Malan was born on 17 August 1916 in Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. A lifelong member of the Uniting Reformed Church in Wynberg, she used to be a primary school teacher. She was a member of the Women’s Fellowship at Uniting Reformed Church, where she also taught Sunday school. She was also renowned for her creativity, giving needlework and knitting classes at the church, as well as her talent flower arranging, embroidering and crocheting.
She is the oldest living resident in South Africa with some documentation supporting her age, though a woman Elizabeth Moolman from Riversdal celebrated her claimed 113th birthday in June.
Happy 110th Birthday!
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18/08/2026 10:49 am
Happy Birthday, Ms. Malan! 🌹
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
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15/09/2026 2:08 am
She is the fourth person in South Africa's (known) history to reach the age of 110.
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