South Africa

South Africa

Statistics
Parks	Operating: 1 Defunct: 1
Coasters	Operating: 8 Defunct: 0
Rides	Operating: 15 Defunct: 10
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This page displays data held by Coasterpedia for South Africa. If anything is missing, please create or update the relevant ride or coaster article and it will be automatically updated here.

Multitrack coasters are currently excluded from this page.

Amusement parks

Operating

Name	Location	Opened
Gold Reef City	Johannesburg, Gauteng

Defunct

Name	Location	Opened	Closed
Ratanga Junction	Cape Town	1998-12-16	2018-05-01

Roller coaster records

Tallest

Steel

Shuttle roller coasters are excluded from this list.

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

Wood

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Longest

Steel

Shuttle roller coasters are excluded from this list.

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

Wood

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Fastest

Steel

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

Wood

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Inversions

Shuttle roller coasters are excluded from this list since they have a difference between track and rider inversions.

Steel

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

Wood

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Oldest

This section combines steel and wooden coasters. Keep in mind that retracked coasters do still enter the list.

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

Ride records

Keep in mind that these records are not fully accurate. This is due to some rides/information currently missing on Coasterpedia. Travelling rides are excluded.

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