Heritage v. Highlands – A Tale of Two Cities
In comparison to the bold plan for Highlands capital city, Heritage is little more than a quaint administrative village.
Heritage City – An Illusion of Good Governance
Penetrate the propaganda, blow away the smoke, break the mirrors and discover what the government’s signature project is all about.
Roches Noires: Smart city or dumb development?
Economy before environment Is the so-called smart city mega-project at Roches Noires unravelling the reputation of our venerated Minister of Finance? It was recently the subject of PNQ’s in the National Assembly and has become an object of concern for citizen...
Open letter to the Minister for Technology
“Creativity takes courage!”
We ask Pravind Jugnauth to champion innovation by making it the priority of education, turning Highlands into a world class eco-city and catalysing a new import substitution industry by giving entrepreneurs access to publicly-owned 3D printers.
Loony Lutchmeenaraidoo
This week we got a glimpse of a key component of the Financial Wizard’s trick to conjure a second economic miracle*: turn Port Louis into an enormous filling station for ships. Noting that not many ships transiting Mauritian waters stop here to refuel, has he...
Open letter to the new PM
“Gouverner pour le peuple – avec le peuple”
Taking Sir Anerood Jugnauth’s election mantra at face value we explain our concerns and aspirations in the key areas of: democracy, the economy, the environment and education.