Margaret Maritz had a small party at her care home in Touws River

Jean-marc Johannes already holds two Guinness World records and is striving to be among the first skateboarders representing their countries at the Olympics in the sport’s debut…

We all know that Africa is home to many of the world’s biggest, fastest and deadliest. But here are 15 wonders – some you probably had no idea about.

The US government shuts down nonessential services and Jacob Zuma is named as ‘Number One’ in Guptagate saga.

Twenty-five women crammed into an old-school Mini to break the Guinness World Record of 23, previously held by the UK.

Held by nothing more than the skin on their backs, the 13 suspended from a crane wanted to break a record – or just their pain barrier.

Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who became the world’s oldest person on December 17 2012, has died at the age of 116.

A South African feature film shot in less than 11 days may be up for a Guinness World Record.

Limber ladies crammed into a car, charity stunts and thousands of children stacking cups are just some of the events on Guinness World Records day.

The first day in class for any new pupil can be an overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as one of 40 000 pupils.

Sporting a tuft of dyed, slicked-back hair, the world’s shortest man said on Friday there was every reason to think big about being tiny.

A British man on Thursday failed in his record-breaking attempt to pull a 7,5-tonne red London bus over a distance of 10m, using his ears. Manjit Singh (57), a former police…

With lots of stretching and reaching toward blue, red, yellow and green circles, about 450 high-school students played Twister on 180 mats in what they hope will set a world…