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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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — Tens of thousands of South Africans have signed a petition urging the government to adopt summer daylight saving in South Africa.

There has been overwhelming support throughout the country for this initiative, especially in Durban.

Summer daylight saving works by putting the clocks forward one hour in spring so that people can make the most of summer.
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