South Africa has another centenarian.
Magdalene Bostander from Jan Kempdorp in the Northern Cape turned 100 years-old earlier this week and is being celebrated by friends and family.
Northern Capes Magdalene Bostander celebrates a centuryBostander saw World War II, the Great Depression and lived through Apartheid in her many years on earth.
She remembers fondly a time when people were much more tolerant towards each other.
People were much friendlier towards each other in the olden days. People respected each other unlike now, she says.