Andre breaks 42nd world record

Multiple world record-holder Andre Van Zijl on Tuesday began his three-day test to break yet another world record by skyping an astounding 100 hours non-stop.

The 63-year old has in the past broken 40 world records, including dancing non-stop for 345 hours. After his skyping allocution, Van Zijl will travel around southern Africa in commemoration of Nelson Mandela who shares his birthday with the record breaker’s mother.

“I have in the past travelled across Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and other southern African countries and covered 140,000km,” he told Mmegi this week.

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