WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – FNB Stadium: World's largest rugby union stadium by capacity
09-05-2021
(Worldkings.org) It was the site of Nelson Mandela's first speech in Johannesburg after his release from prison and the site of Chris Hani's funeral. It was also the venue for the 1996 CAF Africa Cup of Nations finals, where South Africa came out triumphant.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Choet Visser Rugby Museum: World's biggest private rugby museum
29-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) The museum is the biggest private museum of its kind in the world, and houses more than 200 jerseys and rugby related blazers as well as 450 ties.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Saint Catherine’s Monastery Library: World's oldest continuously operating active library
15-04-2021
(Worldkings.org) About 600 of the manuscripts are written in Arabic, Greek, Ethiopic, Coptic, Armenian, and Syrian, mainly concerning history, geography, and philosophy.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Kenana sugar company: World’s largest plantation producing white sugar
23-02-2021
(Worldkings.org) The Kenana Sugar Company has grown to become one of the largest integrated and diversified sugar companies in the world. It had its beginnings in the 1970s, the decade when Sudan was identified as a country that could help meet food supply shortages.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Asfour Crystal: World’s largest manufacturer and exporter of crystal
09-01-2021
(Worldkings.org) Nowadays, Asfour Crystal had expanded into 5 crystal factories that cover a total build-up area of more than 1.2 million square meters. The factories employ more than 28,000 craftsmen and women, and the company still stand at that status till today.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Kagem emerald mine: World’s single largest producer of emeralds
28-12-2020
(Worldkings.org) Kagem is an open-pit emerald mine. The operation currently runs to as much as 130 metres in depth (imagine the height of an +40 storied office block), is 1.5km in length and approximately 750 metres wide.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ: World's largest Oriental Orthodox church by area
11-11-2020
(Worldkings.org) It is the largest church in the Middle East, and the largest Oriental Orthodox church in the world by area. It is 144.5m long, 91.5 m wide and has a floor area of 7,500 m2.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Drakensberg: House world's largest collection of San rock art
27-10-2020
(Worldkings.org) Drakensberg houses the world's largest collection of San rock art. This portion of the Drakensberg has between 35,000 and 40,000 works of San rock art.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – National Museum of Sudan: House world's largest and most comprehensive Nubian archaeological collection
21-10-2020
(Worldkings.org) National Museum of Sudan houses the world's largest and most comprehensive Nubian archaeological collection, including objects from the Paleolithic through to the Islamic period originating from every site of importance in the Sudan.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Lake Volta: World's largest artificial reservoir based on surface area
11-10-2020
(Worldkings.org) Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial reservoir based on surface area. It lies along the Greenwich meridian, and just six degrees of latitude north of the Equator.