S. Africa: thousands of blankets for 21 years of democracy The World Record for the most handmade blankets for a charitable event has been broken in Pretoria. The "67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day" project wove together thousands of knitted blankets to cover an area of 3133 square metres. The goal of the organisation was to make more than 21000 blankets to celebrate 21 years of democracy in South Africa. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES