Berasal dari provinsi Limpopo, Tomo dipercaya bahwa dia adalah orang tertua di dunia, meskipun buku Guinness Book of Records belum mengakui statusnya, kata media nasional SAFM News.
Hailing from Limpopo province, Tomo is believed to be the oldest living person in the world though the Guinness Book of Records is yet to recognise the status, according to the national SAFM News.