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Man wins Guinness World Record
lifestyle

Man wins Guinness World Record for working in the same job for 84 years!

Stephen Mokoka
Sport

WORLD RECORD ALERT! Stephen Mokoka smashes 50km mark

DJ Sbu
Music

‘Rewriting history’: DJ Sbu is set to release a new album [listen]

Man wins Guinness World Record
Lifestyle

Man wins Guinness World Record for working in the same job for 84 years!

Stephen Mokoka
Sport

WORLD RECORD ALERT! Stephen Mokoka smashes 50km mark

DJ Sbu
Music

‘Rewriting history’: DJ Sbu is set to release a new album [listen]

Letesenbet Gidey
Sport

World record alert! Letesenbet Gidey smashes women’s half-marathon mark

By AFP24-10-2021 14:56

Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey has pulverised the women’s half-marathon world record, slicing more than a minute off the previous mark.

Kenenisa Bekele
Sport

World record alert! Kenenisa Bekele takes aim at Eliud Kipchoge’s mark in Berlin

By AFP24-09-2021 23:00

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele has vowed to attack the men’s world marathon record in Berlin on Sunday, just nine months after recovering from Covid-19.

dubai highest pool
Travel

Fancy taking a dip in the world’s highest pool? Dubai sets another record

By Lorne Philpot13-05-2021 12:50

Visitors to Dubai can enjoy a swim with jaw-dropping views in the newly recorded highest infinity pool in the world.

Ruth Chepngetich
Sport

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashes half marathon world record

By AFP04-04-2021 12:15

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s half marathon world record on Sunday in a time of 1:04:02 in Istanbul.

artwork
Art and Artists

Artist creating world’s largest painting in Dubai

By Riyaz Patel16-08-2020 19:44

The artwork will be the size of two football pitches.

Ladles of Love smashes world r
Lifestyle

Ladles of Love smashes world record and feeds thousands [photos]

By Erene Roux20-07-2020 15:45

Ladles of Love broke the world record with the most sandwiches made in an hour this past Mandela Day.

Do More Foundation to break wo
Lifestyle

Do More Foundation to break world record by making 100 000 sandwiches in one hour

By Erene Roux15-10-2019 19:23

The Do More Foundation is aiming to break the World Record and make 100 000 sandwiches in an hour this World Food Day.

dj arch jnr
Lifestyle

DJ Arch Jnr gears up for Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions

By Buhle Lindwa02-09-2019 16:02

Simon Cowell has pledged to double the cash prize for chosen winner.

colin o' brady antarctica
News

Colin O’Brady: First person to complete solo trek to Antarctica

By AFP27-12-2018 16:17

All about the Antarctica Ultramarathon.

Eliud Kipchoge
Sport

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge sets a new marathon world record time in Berlin

By AFP16-09-2018 12:44

Blink, and you’ll miss him. Eliud Kipchoge managed to shave 77 seconds off of the previous world record during the Berlin Marathon.

Fredie Blom world's oldest man
Lifestyle

“World’s oldest man” celebrates 114th birthday in Western Cape

By Tom Head08-05-2018 19:10

The oldest person in the world is celebrating a very significant birthday in Delft.

The eight most bonkers world records held by South Africans
News

The eight most bonkers world records held by South Africans

By Tom Head02-01-2018 14:41

Some records are made to be broken. Other records are, well, weird…

SA batsman smashes his way int
Cricket

SA batsman smashes his way into the record books with fastest triple-century

By Siviwe Breakfast30-11-2017 14:04

Such a ruthless display!

This just in: South African ad
News

This just in: South African adventurer is about to break a world record [video]

By Nic Andersen09-03-2017 12:05

An incredible journey is about to come to an end.

Wayde makes the finals for the
Sport

Wayde makes the finals for the 2016 IAAF awards

By News24Wire11-11-2016 12:44

Wayde van Niekerk is in line for the most prestigious accolade in global athletics after being confirmed as one three finalists for the men’s award for the 2016 IAAF Athlete of the Year.

Unseen Pierneef smashes record
Art and Artists

Unseen Pierneef smashes records at Strauss & Co auction

By Caryn Edwards07-06-2014 10:55

The star of the show at Strauss & Co’s winter sale held last night at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg was undoubtedly JH Pierneef, when a new all-time world record was set by his previously unseen painting, Farm Jonkershoek with Twin Peaks Beyond, Stellenbosch.

Johanna Mazibuko
News

119-year-old South African woman could be world’s oldest person

By Claire Horn29-07-2013 16:47

119-year-old South African Johanna ‘Gogo’ Mazibuko could be the oldest person in the world, shifting Japan’s Misao Okawa from the Guinness World Record top spot.

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