A Defect in our Democracy
Is the DPP accountable or is he above the law? Is the judiciary protecting him?
Mauritian law-breaking – Safety in numbers?
Why does the government deploy so many resources to check drivers’ licences and imprison drug users, but turns a blind eye to environmental law breakers?
Endangered: Mauritius Fody
With less than 200 birds, this species is endangered despite the efforts of the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation.
Chagos: Sovereignty, Humanity, Posterity
The Chagos archipelago is a group of islands south of the Maldives that were a dependency of Mauritius until 1965. The US wanted a base in the Indian Ocean and identified the largest island, Diego Garcia, as ideal. At their request, Britain removed the islands from Mauritius before independence and exiled the population to the Seychelles and the slums of Mauritius. Both acts have been declared illegal and the Chagossians are on the verge of returning home. But will Mauritius’ claim for sovereignty undermine this? And what sinister forces are at work?
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...
Coal is dead! Long live renewable energy!
Ivan Collendavelloo has seen reason and we apologise to him for not acknowledging this sooner. In response to a question about CT Power in the National Assembly earlier this month, the Minister for Public Utilities announced that his Ministry “intends to...
Why a zero tolerance approach against drugs will fail
[By Kunal Naïk] Many countries are distancing themselves from the failed War on Drugs, by adopting drug policy reforms that are focusing on human rights, and public health, since the “tough on drugs” approach is not working and represents a massive loss of money that...
Dear Ivan Collendavelloo – clean up or clear off
The World Economic Forum brings together the global capitalist elite and their political puppets to ensure the sustainability of their money making machines. It has just launched the report from the latest gathering in Davos, which contains some enlightened...
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.
Someone, somewhere is f*cking up
A critique of the Mauritian education system by a recent student of Royal College Port Louis.