Stop blaming Covid-19 for your reckless management !

With the Covid-19 pandemic, Mauritius had two "extremely difficult" years. "For the first time, we had a decrease of 15.5%. The economy has declined." This is what Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. The Prime Minister (PM) spoke at the inauguration of an Administration Building of the Pamplemousses District Council in Calebasses ."In the face of the Covid-19 crisis, the government has done a lot. We were able to buy drugs as well as vaccines. I ask those who are elderly and vulnerable to get their booster dose given as soon as possible, "said the PM.

A forced consensus: Spectacle over Substance !

A casualty of the Mohamed-Bhadain burlesque show on Radio Plus, that was followed by negative comments on social media, is “frank and open debates”. We have moved from one extreme to another.

Replying to Payadachy on debt and the economy !

Further to my rather low-level reply to Payadachy on his interview to Bus Mag, which was just an avant-goût, the maestro himself has decided to come forward to uncover some of the hidden truths on debt and the economy and correct some of the misinterpretations of Pada and his team.

KC Ranzé of l’express « déraille » in his kronik “La peur du risque et le risque de la peur”

In the context of the reactions of internet users (sans retenue aucune (sic) ) on the untimely and avoidable death of our conscientious worker Ramjeet Gusto , KC Ranzé takes them to task for blaming Govt, guilty for having removed the cyclone warning before ensuring that venturing outside was without risk - "Tout doit-il vraiment être prescrit et légiféré par l’Etat ? Ou sommes-nous après tout , assez adultes pour assumer nos responsabilités? "

7.4 % YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION IN JANUARY 2022. (Unofficially it is much higher)

7.4 % YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION IN JANUARY 2022.

(Unofficially it is much higher)

We had been warning them !

Back in October 2020, we had commented that ”as the country plunges into recession with rising unemployment and a rapidly depreciating rupee fuelling inflationary pressures, and our exports of goods and services failing to pick up, the country stands the risk of diving into stagflation which will pose one of the biggest economic challenges for recovery. Indeed, with our elevated levels of budget deficit and Public Sector Debt (one of the worst in Sub-Saharan Africa) and the present irresponsible populist policies, Mauritius seems to be taking the road to stagflation. Getting out will be another herculean task.!!!”

Kan zot pou arrett fané !

"The State failed in its duty !"

We honour ourselves when we show due respect, support and solidarity to people of such stature as our conscientious worker, Mr Ramjeet Costo ,who did not hesitate for a moment to leave his two children and his wife to go to work as soon as the cyclone warning was removed- li fin perdi lavi kan Ii ti pé al rod so lavi.

Payadachy, dazzled by the forecast growth of 6.6 %, downplays the crucial issues !

In his latest interview to Business Magazine, Payadachy exuberantly asserts that in the year of the "Tiger," “la confiance est là…2022 sera l’année de l’accélération de la reprise “. In Chinese mythology, the tiger was called upon by the Jade Emperor, the ruler of heaven, to exorcise the demons- the purging of evils.