South Africa

South Africa

Statistics
Parks	Operating: 1 Defunct: 1
Coasters	Operating: 7 Defunct: 0
Rides	Operating: 15 Defunct: 10
Water slides	Operating: 0 Defunct: 0
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Amusement parks

Operating

Name	Location	Opened
Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	Unknown

Defunct

Name	Location	Opened	Closed
Ratanga Junction	Cape Town	16 December 1998	1 May 2018

Roller coaster records

Tallest

Shuttle roller coasters are excluded from height rankings.

Steel

Height	Name	Park	Location	Opened	Manufacturer
34 metres	Tower of Terror	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	December 2001	Giovanola
34 metres	Anaconda	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1999	Giovanola
24 metres	Jozi Express	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	December 2004	Zierer

Wood

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Longest

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Steel

Length	Name	Park	Location	Opened	Manufacturer
746 metres	Anaconda	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1999	Giovanola
702 metres	Jozi Express	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	December 2004	Zierer

Wood

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Fastest

Steel

Speed	Name	Park	Location	Opened	Manufacturer
95 km/h	Tower of Terror	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	December 2001	Giovanola
91.7 km/h	Golden Loop	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1989	Schwarzkopf
90 km/h	Anaconda	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1999	Giovanola
68 km/h	Jozi Express	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	December 2004	Zierer

Wood

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Inversions

Shuttle roller coasters are excluded from length rankings.

Steel

Inversions	Name	Park	Location	Opened	Manufacturer
5	Anaconda	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1999	Giovanola
1	Looping Star	Rand Show	Johannesburg, Gauteng	6 April 2012	Schwarzkopf

Wood

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Oldest

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Opened	Name	Park	Location	Opened	Manufacturer
1989	Golden Loop	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1989	Schwarzkopf
1999	Anaconda	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1999	Giovanola
2001	Tower of Terror	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	December 2001	Giovanola
2004	Jozi Express	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	December 2004	Zierer
2012	Looping Star	Rand Show	Johannesburg, Gauteng	6 April 2012	Schwarzkopf

Ride records

Tallest

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Oldest

Opened	Name	Park	Location	Opened	Manufacturer
1995	Rafting	Rand Show	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1995	Schwarzkopf
1999	Miner's Revenge	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	1999	HUSS
2010	Rio Madness	Carnival Kingdom (South Africa)	Travelling	2010	Edmund Evans
2012	Energy	Happyland Amusement Park (South Africa)	Travelling	2012	Sartori
2013	Rotor	Happyland Amusement Park (South Africa)	Travelling	September 2013	Rippleside Engineering
2014	Helter Skelter	Happyland Amusement Park (South Africa)	Travelling	January 2014	Supercar
2016	Sky Rider	Carnival Kingdom (South Africa)	Travelling	November 2016	Mardi Gras
2020	Congo Queen	Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng	2020	HUSS