South African Airways (SAA) said here on Sunday that it snatched the coveted Best Airline to Africa Award for the 15th consecutive time at the Travel Weekly Globe Awards.

The South African flag carrier came up against top airlines such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Kenya Airways.

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KAMPALA, UGANGA - Even with the late arrival of the third issue of the glossy African Woman, its publisher Sylvia Owori still won favour with her guests. She had promised at the magazine’s launch last November that her publication would never hit the magazine racks past the 10th day of each month, but this delay was beyond her control though. The death of the emir of Dubai where the magazine is printed had stalled printing for days so he could be mourned.

For her guest list at last Wednesday’s launch at the plush Emin Pasha Hotel, Owori replaced those party-hopping glamour girls with an enterprising and odd-fighting lot. She invited the members of Mama Club, a psychosocial club of women living with HIV/Aids whose stories brought a tear to many. Also present were women from the Market Vendors’ Aids Project (Mavap) who put on quite a show when they cat walked in their busuutis. This project, overseen by Ms. Angelina Wapakhabulo, wife to former Parliamentary Speaker, Mr. James Wapakhabulo is present in three city markets.

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