10th December is only 20 days away, and most political analysts would shy away from volunteering a definite reading of the direction in which the political wind is
Last week we mentioned how a number of unrestrained distractions, some blatantly and outright unpalatable, are being brought into the political discourse. Whereas, as was pointed out, the
It is really too bad that the visit of Shrimati Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs and Overseas Indians Affairs, Republic of India, came to a close so
Once again, on 2 November 2014, the 180th anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers will be commemorated. All those who made the trip from India braved
Whatever happened to the democratisation of the economy agenda of the Mauritius Labour Party (MLP)? We would like to think that this sensible and necessary agenda has not
The MMM leader Paul Bérenger has finally obtained what he had been bargaining for since 2012. Well almost. The Electoral Alliance Agreement between the MLP and the MMM,
The latest that has come out from the series of discussions being held between the Labour and MMM leaders in view of a contemplated alliance between the two
l’express newspaper published in its edition of Saturday last a few photographs purporting to show the Prime Minister at a private reception that would have taken place in
Beekrumsing Ramlallah (BR) decided to start a newspaper, the Mauritius Times (MT), in 1954. It was a daunting task. Mrinal Roy recounts in his article in this edition
There have always been good economic – not at all epidermic — reasons to seek to achieve a diversification of the production base in the energy sector. Politicians
The Committee set up by the government to provide an “effective remedy” (as enjoined by the UN Human Rights Committee further to the case brought before it by
Numerous academic studies have been undertaken to explain the factors that have contributed to Mauritius successfully overcoming the local constraints present at the time of Independence, and moving
The ongoing saga about a possible LP-MMM alliance is showing one surprise after another, which is perhaps not unexpected given the complexity of the political situation. However, those
At his press conference following the meeting of the Bureau Politique of the Labour Party as Guy Rozemont Square yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister first said that free
In line with the stand we have taken so far, we are not concerned about the histrionics of any of the leaders involved in the negotiations regarding electoral