by drmu | Jul 4, 2011 | Human rights, Mafia at work, Social justice
There is no denying that certain Mauritians accumulated their wealth through the exploitation of labour. Once the African slaves were freed by the sugar estates, they were replaced by impoverished indentured labourers from India. Rather than pay higher salaries more...
by drmu | Jul 2, 2011 | Economy, Energy, MID
At the second meeting of the MID Energy working group last week, we presented our major project of 2011: how Mauritius can be entirely self-sufficient in energy. The need to drastically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels is best illustrated by the graph showing...
by drmu | Jun 22, 2011 | Environment, Marine protection
State of the world’s oceans report
by drmu | Jun 22, 2011 | Energy, Environment, MID
During the last 7 days, a new stage of the Maurice Ile(s) Durable(s) policy process has got under way. The working groups for the 5 focal areas (energy, environment, employment, education and equity) have had their first of four sessions. We are participating in the...
by drmu | Jun 13, 2011 | Energy, MID
The Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities has published a draft of its Energy Strategy 2011-2025 Action Plan (to meet the conditions attached to a Rs 1.4 billion grant from the EU). It contains some praiseworthy elements such as setting minimum efficiency standards...
