Jeanne-Carlin Cilliers (South Africa) performed 1,199 continuous grand battements alternating legs, at the Virgin Active Club, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa on 5 March 2005. The exercise is where the working leg is raised from the hip into the air and brought down again with both knees kept straight. This must be done with apparent ease, the rest of the body remaining quiet. Grands battements can be taken devant, derrière and à la seconde.

Veronica Dean (South Africa) performed 19 bungee jumps in one hour at Bloukrans River Bridge, South Africa, on 9 May 2003. The bungee cord used was approximately 36 m (118 ft) long. At the time of the attempt, the Bloukrans River Bridge was the site of the world’s highest commercial bungee jump (i.e. one open on a daily basis) operated by Face Adrenalin.

The most dismissals made by a wicket-keeper in a Test match is 11 by Jack Russell (b. 15 August 1963, UK) playing for England against South Africa at Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 30 November – 4 December 1995. Russell took 11 catches in the drawn match.

Gabriel Jonker and Ryno van Zyl (both South Africa) trod 50 kg (110 lb) of grapes in two minutes, resulting in 21.17 litres (37.25 pints) of juice being extracted at the WHOOSH festival, Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa on 6 March 2004.

The country with the most official languages is the Republic of South Africa with 11. These are: English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Setswana, Sepedi, Xitsonga, siSwati, isiNdebele and Tshivenda. The population of South Africa is 43,792,000 (2001). India has 18 languages that are recognised by its constitution and can be considered as official, however the difference is that each language is recognised as the official language of a certain area e.g Kashmiri in Kashmir.  The overall official language is Hindi, and this is what all central government Continue reading →

The record for the most vuvuzelas blown simultaneously was achieved by 12,511 spectators at the Vodacom Challenge soccer match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 23 July 2009. The event was organised as part of the Vodacom Challenge football tournament before a match between the Orlando Pirates and the Kaizer Chiefs at the new (built for WC 2010) Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. 300 volunteers were used as marshalls to do the counting and the Kaizer Chiefs won the game Continue reading →

The most people crammed in a classic Mini Cooper is 25 and was achieved at an event organised by Virgin Mobile South Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 2 October 2013. The Guinness World Records attempt was organised to open the new Virgin Mobile flagship store in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, and Sir Richard Branson attended to mark the occasion.

The most people hand-washing clothes simultaneously at a single location is 1,009 and was achieved by Ariel Detergent, Procter and Gamble (South Africa), Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 May 2013. This record attempt was to launch Ariel Detergent in South Africa.

The most people with spray painted hair in a single location was 4,784 at the Vodacom Sprayathon held at the Vodacom Tri-Nations game between South Africa and New Zealand at Loftus Versveld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa on 26 August 2006.

The most players in a water polo exhibition match was 88 and organized by St Peters College (South Africa) at Wahoo Aquatic Centre in Sunninghill, South Africa, on 26 March 2011. The match lasted 47 minutes and was won by team Blue over team White, 22-9. For the purposes of this record, each player had to spend at least 5 minutes in active gameplay in the water, in possession of the ball at least once, before they could be substituted.