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South Africans come together to celebrate gogo's 100th birthday

Monday, September 07, 2020 at 9:07 AM by Reeshni Chetty

- A South African gogo turned 100 this past weekend and has received an influx of congratulatory messages

- Prince Shikweni uploaded images of the birthday celebration to social media to celebrate the massive milestone

- The post has since gone viral with over 13 000 reactions from Facebook users

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A South African grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday this past weekend. A post was uploaded to social media on Saturday. Prince Shikweni uploaded two images of the celebration to Facebook group #ImStaying.

The comments section is rife with congratulatory and supportive messages for the centennial celebration. Prince uploaded the post with a lovely caption thanking the Facebook group for their help:

"It started here, that 100th birthday finally celebrated today... Thank you Stayers."

gogo 100 — This grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday in style this past weekend. Source: Prince Shikweni #ImStaying / Facebook
Source: Facebook

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The post has received over 13 000 reactions, almost 30 shares and over 700 comments. Briefly.co.za took a look at some of the top comments left under the post.

Doozie B Osman wrote:

"Congratulations granny! I will pray for good health & happiness to you. God's blessings."

Lesley Ann Titus said:

"Happy birthday, God's richest blessings, happiness and health. Hope you had a fantastic day celebrating your 100th birthday. Wow."

Adele Wyngaard commented:

"Oh wow what a blessing indeed, may God bless and keep you Gogo, may goodness and mercy follows you, we celebrate you today and thank God for your life."

DP Mokobodi added:

"Happy birthday to you beautiful woman! God bless you."

Jono Masengarb responded:

"Happy birthday Gogo. May you be spoilt by family and friends. Wishing you good health for many more years to come. God bless."

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