Morocco: Morocco Redesigns Its Healthcare System

Technology at the service of health. Morocco is redefining the way healthcare is delivered, making it more accessible. At GITEX GLOBAL, held in Dubai from 14 to 18 October,… Read more »

Mauritius: In This Year of Elections Democracy Remains the Best Form of Governance

Recently on September 15, we marked the International Day of Democracy, when around the world we celebrate the principles of democracy and highlight the importance of safeguarding… Read more »

Mauritius: Six Key Takeaways From the UK Elections for the Forthcoming Polls in Mauritius

After the first four takeaways published on Tuesday's issue, here are the last two ones. Read more »

Mauritius: What to Expect At Devconmu 2024?

A typically chilled and frank conversation with the organisers of the upcoming Developers Conference 2024 (DEVCONMU) by the Mauritius Software Craftsmen Community (MSCC) member… Read more »

Mauritius: The 24-25 Budget - Heading for Disaster

The 24-25 budget fails dismally to (1) reduce fiscal pressure on the external deficit, which is depreciating the rupee and driving up inflation, (2) lower the high and… Read more »

South Africa: 30 Years of Post Apartheid

For the majority of South Africans, since the first post apartheid elections held in 1994, the one held on the 29 May 2024 is deemed as important. A number of citizens referred to… Read more »

Mauritius: Budget Speech and Upcoming Elections, an Explosive Cocktail

The National Assembly will meet on Friday June 7 for the last Budget speech of finance minister Renganaden Padayachy. No parliamentary sessions have been held for two weeks to… Read more »

Mauritius: «Investissement Public» sans valeur

Chaque année, dans le budget national, mais aussi tous les cinq ans, dans les manifestes électoraux, les hommes politiques aiment dire à la population qu'on… Read more »

Mauritius: Safeguarding or Undermining Democracy?

The first reading of the Financial Crimes Commission Bill is a major development. This bill, according to the Prime Minister, aims at consolidating the fight against financial… Read more »

Mauritius: How Mauritian Foreign Policy About the Conflict Has Been Shaped

With the eruption of renewed fighting between Israel and Palestine, world attention is focused on what looks to be a worsening situation. Here is how Mauritian foreign policy… Read more »

Mauritius: Victorious Jugnauth Upholds Mauritius' Territorial Rights

Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth entered Parliament to a resounding standing ovation yesterday, just a day after the Privy Council confirmed his November 2019 election. The victory… Read more »

Mauritius: Municipal Elections - The State's Counterattack on Rajen Valayden's Case

His case was the first to emerge challenging the government's recent extension of municipal councils for another two years. While Valayden has put forward a nuanced case, what is… Read more »

Mauritius: Finance Bill 2023 - Broader and deeper policy reforms are warranted

The amendments proposed in the Finance Bill 2023, relating to the Bank of Mauritius (BoM), Public Debt Management (PDM) and Economic Development Board (EDB) Acts, deserve to be… Read more »

Mauritius: Demystifying the Privy Council

On Monday, we skipped lunch, put our work on hold, wore a do-not-disturb notice on our foreheads and sat for four hours watching the live debates of the Judicial Committee of the… Read more »

Mauritius: Election Petition - Why Suren Dayal's Case At The Privy Council Is a Hard Nut To Crack

Hearings are due tomorrow on the appeal of Suren Dayal at the Privy Council looking to invalidate the election of prime minister Pravind Jugnauth in the 2019 election. Here is how… Read more »

Mauritius: All Eyes on The Electoral Commissioner

The electoral commissioner, Irfan Rahman, could have spared himself the uncomfortable situation brought about by the Supreme Court's decision not to grant him leave to contest his… Read more »

Mauritius: Asha Burrenchobay - «I Was Happy Not To Have Been Entangled In Possible Hanky-Panky Dealing»

I find it hard to believe that supersession was done on the basis of qualifications or experience. There were other reasons. Services rendered, religious and communal appurtenance,… Read more »

Mauritius: LPM manifeste contre la Special Striking Team

Ils ont eu la permission de la police pour tenir leur manifestation contre la Special Striking Team (SST) ce samedi 17 juin dans la capitale. Les membres de Linion Pep Morisien ont… Read more »

Mauritius: Mauritian Parliament - About a Game of Dice

The Mahabharata, one of the two major epics of ancient India, narrates the conflict between two families: the Pandavas and the Kauravas, descendants of two brothers. Dhritarashtra,… Read more »

Mauritius: CAN anyone bell the cat?

The Special Striking Team struck this country in August last year like a violent thunderstorm, shrouded in mystery: no one knows its mandate, standing orders, who reports to who… Read more »

Mauritius: Municipal elections - Rajen Valayden's legal challenge explained

After the government passed an amendment to the 2011 Local Government Act to push back municipal elections for another two years, the first legal challenge has already emerged;… Read more »

Mauritius: Systemic? Really!

Now that the term "system" and its collapse resonates within the Mauritian political scene, more precisely within the extraparliamentary fringe, Mauritians who are disenchanted… Read more »

Mauritius: Budget 2023-2024 - Why the Rs 20,000 to 18-year-olds is not the Winning Formula it Looks Like

In the 2023-2024 budget the government has come up with a new idea: paying Rs 20,000 to each person turning 18. Here is why this one-off payment is not enough to correct the… Read more »

Mauritius: Municipal Elections - The Problem with Valayden's Legal Challenge

The former Attorney General and current spokesman of Linion Pep Morisien (LPM) has floated the idea of legally challenging the government's move to postpone municipal elections for… Read more »

Mauritius: How fair is the Mauritius personal tax system?

The Mauritius personal tax system gives the impression that it is fair and equitable. Those lower down the ladder either do not pay tax or derive a negative income tax allowance in… Read more »