World’s biggest braai this Saturday

NAMIBIA is attempting to get into the Guinness Book of Records by holding the biggest braai in the world at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday.

The current world record attendance at a one-day barbecue is 44 158 people who turned up at the Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on October 10 1993. For Namibia’s attempt to break that record, 44 159 people are needed at the Sam Nujoma Stadium this Saturday.The ‘Big Braai’ is billed as the largest public gathering in the history of the country and each and every Namibian is invited.The gates will open at 07h00 and close at 20h00 on Saturday night.People who take part will have their thumbs marked, much like the indelible ink used for elections or the recent polio vaccination campaign, to ensure that each person is only counted once.Visitors will then enter through a turnstile gate, which will count the number of people let through, and receive their meal ticket.The meal tickets are also counted to double-check the gate count.The results will be sent to the Guinness Book of Records offices in London for verification, and the official announcement should be made within five working days.Provisional results will be announced at the braai by PricewaterhouseCoopers as soon as the record is broken.”The Namibian Police, the Windhoek City Police, Windhoek’s City Traffic Department, the Windhoek Fire Department and Disaster Management Services, together with the E-med Rescue 24 are confident that every single participant’s safety will be adequately taken care of,” says Beverly Jandrell of Sindana Communication, which is co-ordinating the event.She said security and safety had been discussed at length by the organisers.The boerewors to be barbecued will be specially made by Meatco for the event.Every person attending will receive a piece of sausage on a bread roll, a 350 ml can of Coca-Cola and a numbered certificate of attendance, all for only N$1.More than 8 832 litres of Coke are expected to be consumed on the day.The Namibian record will be set with nine tonnes of boerewors -which, if stretched out, will be 8,5 kilometres long.The three main sponsors for this event are Meatco Namibia, Renaissance Health medical aid fund, Trustco Group and Namibia Beverages.”Not only do we want to give all Namibians a great day at our braai, but it will generate funds for charity – and will raise the profile of Namibia, right across the world, as we show what Namibians can do when they come together with a common goal,” says Ushi Ramakhutla, Corporate Communications Manager of Meatco.To make it easier for everyone to get to the stadium, the City of Windhoek will have 15 buses running on 12 bus routes from Katutura, Khomasdal, Otjomuise, Rocky Crest, Unam, the Polytechnic, Okuriangava, Goreangab and Robert Mugabe Avenue.These bus rides will be free of charge and will work on a stop-and-drop system to and from the stadium.For Namibia’s attempt to break that record, 44 159 people are needed at the Sam Nujoma Stadium this Saturday.The ‘Big Braai’ is billed as the largest public gathering in the history of the country and each and every Namibian is invited.The gates will open at 07h00 and close at 20h00 on Saturday night.People who take part will have their thumbs marked, much like the indelible ink used for elections or the recent polio vaccination campaign, to ensure that each person is only counted once.Visitors will then enter through a turnstile gate, which will count the number of people let through, and receive their meal ticket.The meal tickets are also counted to double-check the gate count.The results will be sent to the Guinness Book of Records offices in London for verification, and the official announcement should be made within five working days.Provisional results will be announced at the braai by PricewaterhouseCoopers as soon as the record is broken.”The Namibian Police, the Windhoek City Police, Windhoek’s City Traffic Department, the Windhoek Fire Department and Disaster Management Services, together with the E-med Rescue 24 are confident that every single participant’s safety will be adequately taken care of,” says Beverly Jandrell of Sindana Communication, which is co-ordinating the event.She said security and safety had been discussed at length by the organisers.The boerewors to be barbecued will be specially made by Meatco for the event.Every person attending will receive a piece of sausage on a bread roll, a 350 ml can of Coca-Cola and a numbered certificate of attendance, all for only N$1.More than 8 832 litres of Coke are expected to be consumed on the day.The Namibian record will be set with nine tonnes of boerewors -which, if stretched out, will be 8,5 kilometres long.The three main sponsors for this event are Meatco Namibia, Renaissance Health medical aid fund, Trustco Group and Namibia Beverages.”Not only do we want to give all Namibians a great day at our braai, but it will generate funds for charity – and will raise the profile of Namibia, right across the world, as we show what Namibians can do when they come together with a common goal,” says Ushi Ramakhutla, Corporate Communications Manager of Meatco.To make it easier for everyone to get to the stadium, the City of Windhoek will have 15 buses running on 12 bus routes from Katutura, Khomasdal, Otjomuise, Rocky Crest, Unam, the Polytechnic, Okuriangava, Goreangab and Robert Mugabe Avenue.These bus rides will be free of charge and will work on a stop-and-drop system to and from the stadium.