Tag: Independence

On Thursday last week the students of the Royal College Curepipe (RCC) launched their this year’s magazine.

Political maturity was never even a major criterion for constitutional progress. Other factors explain why it took 20 long years from 1948 for the island to achieve full

Multiculturalism has always been the approach of the masses and elite policies have had to follow the wishes of the people. There is no place for dogmas

Our Constitution can be criticized as lacking in originality, and as being a mere template of the system of government of the former colonial power. These criticisms are

Why is there an obsession to bring in more foreigners in such a small island, with lands at forbidding prices and an acute scarcity of lands for locals,

It is pointless to plan for the next 50 years. We first need to fix the present to ensure a better future. We therefore need to reboot the

The fundamental question that the youth must ask themselves is whether they want to be latter-day ‘coolies’, or whether they would prefer to leave the beaten tracks and

Where the country was heading to – if it was moving at all – was beyond our grasp. It seemed that no one had a clue of how

despite all the criticisms of the health services, for the amount of financing that it receives (about 4% of GDP; Europe: 10%) its performance is commendable

Interview: Professor Singfat Chu, National University of Singapore

Just as those who experienced slavery knew best what a slave regime was about, similarly the generation who voted for independence viewed it differently from what historians sometimes

The model of economic liberalism in place has profoundly widened inequalities, failed to assure inclusive prosperity for all or meet the aspirational needs of people

Cats cannot be set among the pigeons. How can the newly created Economic Development Board (EDB) have a majority of 6 out of its 8 directors from the

The decisions of political leaders to unwaveringly give priority to the superior interests of the country and the people or the party over their personal interests will determine

Few knew the course Mauritius’ economic development would take after Independence. We did not have a past track record on which to build the future