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00:02 Report by Dianne Hawker
00:40 Glenn Pollard | Guinness World Record Adjudicator
00:52 Dianne Hawker | DW Correspondent
01:23 Bongani Makwakwa | Braai attendee
01:36 Claudio Busacker | Braai attendee
01:49 Khethiwe Thusi | Braai attendee
02:15 Richard Mabasa | Imbumba Foundation

Script:

You might call this a barbecue   
(NATSOUND SIZZLE) 
But here, we know it as a braai. 
And South Africa is hoping to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of people cooking over an open flame simultaneously. 
 Believe it or not, it’s not as simple as just turning on the grill and showing up. 
 All cooks had to actively turn their sausages for the same five minutes over a lit flame. … 
with adjudicator Glenn Pollard doing a thorough assessment, using gate entry data, statements from event stewards and film.   
00:39 – 00:59 SUPER@Glenn Pollard / Guinness World Record Adjudicator    
 “The final piece of evidence I need to review is video evidence taken from overhead and from the sides, so I can review that to make sure that those numbers match up with everything that’s written in the statements.    
00:50 – 1:11 SUPER@ Dianne Hawker / Reporting 
PTC: The Guinness World Record attempt is taking place on South Africa’s Heritage Day, when the country celebrates its cultural diversity.    
 Many people dress in colourful African print, like what I’m wearing today, and many others braai for the occasion.” 
For many of those attending, breaking the record is a matter of pride, due to the cultural importance of braaing.  
 
 01:20 – 01:33 SUPER: Bongani Makwakwa / Braai attendee   
“Braai is a proudly South African term. We use braai to describe quite a number of things it’s not just the meat, it's people coming together. It can be a celebration of an event. It can be a celebration for a birthday.  

01:33 – 01:47 SUPER@ Claudio Busacker / Braai attendee   
“I think for us it’s a big South African thing, to braai. It’s our way of every weekend making food. There are lots of different cultures in South Africa and I think that’s one thing that everyone does really well in South Africa, and that’s braai.  
 
01:47 – 01:54 SUPER@Khethiwe Thusi / Braai attendee 
“Braai for me is home, braai for me is family time. Braai for me is spending time with my loved ones.” 

While it could take a few days for the final results to be released, organisers already view the event as a success. 
75% of the revenue from tickets sales will go to the Imbumba Foundation - a charity that plans to feed 1 million people on World Food  Day in 2026.   
  
02:13 – 02:36 SUPER@Richard Mabasa / Imbumba Foundation founder 
“As South Africans or as global citizens, we need to realize that it is within our power to make a difference. And we want to use events like this to say, let us get together, let us celebrate but beyond celebrating, let us make a difference.”   
 The Guinness World Records judge is expected to make his final decision within a few days. 
 In the meantime, these South Africans will wait - tongs at the ready - for the final result.   
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