Tag: Welfare State

Our history is but a continuous conquest of rights and freedom. We all have a stake in this country and its future, and we must contribute to shape

Editorial

Populist governments and populist policies were bound to fail. They lack vision, competence, experience, and their approach to governance is cosmetic. The leaders are groomed to appear handsome,

Titbits

It is a shame that both the Labour Party and the MMM have gradually given up on the ideologies on which they were originally founded.

The proposed privatization of the CWA, environmental degradation, food insecurity, housing shortage, traffic problems, law and order, unemployment and underemployment, reform of the labour law as well as

We have still a lot to learn from our mistakes and experience before we can evolve a pattern of Social Service that would meet the needs of the

50th Anniversary of the Nation

If we were to ask the immortal mages of olden times – when would they prefer to live: in the 1960s or now, what would they reply?

One can only hope that the decision makers at the highest level finally rise up to the tasks which this situation imposes on them

The measures which brought about the welfare state – the moral economy of the people – formed the basis of our development

The Mauritian body politic will have at some stage to grapple with some “wicked” issues that many believe are fundamental to our future — By S. Callikan

Rather than addressing who is going to take up the reins of government at the next turn, the priority should have been to address the issue of correct

1968-2018 and, now, the next 50 years

While some may wonder why their ancestors decided to migrate to Mauritius for they were better off in India, others still find poverty prevailing here