Singita Game Reserve has picked up three major international travel awards when it was named Best Hotel in the World, Best Small Hotel in the World and Best Hotel in Africa and the Middle East in the US Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2008.

It is the first South African property to have won three times, since the travel awards were introduced 13 years ago. Singita private game lodge took the award in 2004, 2006 and 2008.

These results are from an extensive reader’s survey, the Travel + Leisure winners were announced earlier in the USA on NBC’s Today Show.

Luke Bailes, CEO of Singita Game Reserves said that it was a rare honour and an extraordinary tribute for Singita to be voted their guests’ number one hotel experience world-wide.

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Judith Sephuma is currently in studio with producer Selaelo Selota working on material for her next album, Change Is Here, scheduled for release in July/August this year.

This talented South African musician with an impressive track record combines deeply rooted traditional music with contemporary tones, mostly jazz and at times Soulful RnB.

By this she has crafted a strongly South African yet globally accessible sound that has earned her legions of fans.

‘Change Is Here’ will be the follow up to her debut album, A cry, A smile, a dance which was released in 2001.

This album brought Sephuma’s remarkable voice to a wider audience after she had already earned the attention of the more serious music community whilst studying music...