Namibia plans biggest braai

NAMIBIA appears to be moving on from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and now plans to make headlines by staging the world’s largest barbecue.

It is hoping the 9 tonnes of sausage with which it plans to feed some 45 000 people at a Windhoek football stadium in September will keep up the interest. “The Namibian record will be set with 9 tonnes of boerewors (sausage) which, if stretched, will be 7,5 kilometres long,” said Uschi Ramakhutla, a spokeswoman for the Meat Company of Namibia, which is organising the event.President Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to be the 44 159th person in the food line pushing Namibia ahead of the current Guinness Book of World Records title holder for world’s biggest barbecue, Australia, which hosted 44 158 people at a one-day cookout in 1993.There was no immediate word on whether Jolie and Pitt would score an invite to the Namibian celebration, despite their honoured status in the country.The pair last month welcomed the birth of their baby daughter Shiloh at Langstrand, a choice Namibian officials said could help to put the country on the tourist map.- Nampa-Reuters”The Namibian record will be set with 9 tonnes of boerewors (sausage) which, if stretched, will be 7,5 kilometres long,” said Uschi Ramakhutla, a spokeswoman for the Meat Company of Namibia, which is organising the event.President Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to be the 44 159th person in the food line pushing Namibia ahead of the current Guinness Book of World Records title holder for world’s biggest barbecue, Australia, which hosted 44 158 people at a one-day cookout in 1993.There was no immediate word on whether Jolie and Pitt would score an invite to the Namibian celebration, despite their honoured status in the country.The pair last month welcomed the birth of their baby daughter Shiloh at Langstrand, a choice Namibian officials said could help to put the country on the tourist map.- Nampa-Reuters