Johanna Mazibuko, a South African woman who was reportedly the world’s oldest person, passed away at the age of 128.
According to local reports, the mother-of-seven passed away on March 3 in her home in Jouberton, North West Province, and would have turned 129 in May.
Her family members claimed she possessed identification documents proving her birth date of May 11, 1894, and upbringing on a maize field. They said she never attended school and was illiterate.
Mazibuko’s caregiver and daughter-in-law Thandiwe Wesinyana suggested Mazibuko may have passed away from a stroke in an interview with News24.
The mother of seven passed away on March 3 in her home in Jouberton, North West Province, she would have turned 129 in May.
Mazibuko will be laid to rest in Jouberton, Klerksdorp On Saturday, She was one of 12 sibilings, three of whom are still living now.
Mazibuko told the publication on her 128th birthday: ‘I am amazed at why I am still here after so many years. Why am I still here? People around me have been dying.
‘When will I die? What’s the point of being alive? The world has tired me because I am just sitting here doing nothing,’ she stated.
She told News24: ‘We lived so well on the farms. There were no problems then. I can’t remember my childhood well but I do remember a locust infestation.
‘There were ones we could catch and eat. It was like you are eating meat. We would just fry them and eat the like that just on their own.
‘I grew up healthy eating mostly fresh milk and wild spinach. Now I eat modern food. I am used to it but I miss the food I grew up on’.
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