PJ : “Ena dimounn dir nou pena leker…”

Non, nou pé dir li ki li ena leker zis pou ban corporates, ban cronies, ban suivers, ban gangster squads, ban drug and gambling mafias, ban “sindikalis magouyer, kolabo mersener”….

Murvind resigns from ToP FM !

Murvind no longer felt safe at his workplace - at Top FM

We are being told by his lawyers that he resigned because of the lack of support from his employer . “Apart from the presence of the two lawyers, threats from the SST and others, the most serious was the reaction of Top FM, including that of the director ,Mr Kris Kaunhye, who sided with the aggressors instead of protecting his journalist “

Your France is no better than our Mts !

To my dear expatriate brother Francois ,

Recently here, while the licence of democracy was being used to subvert our democracy, i had to bear silently your patronising and condescending attitude towards these events ; I felt a bit embarrassed ; more than that, deep down your comments were really hurtful and appeared to hold some kind of deep-seated feelings of cultural superiority over us the struggling lot of the relatively poorer developing world .

Board members of Statistics Mauritius, what are they being paid for ?

The contributions of the board members of Statistics Mauritius(SM) seem to be most of the time useless and there are there mainly for the hefty allowances and just to toe the line –exemplary yes-man. The only moment that they are singularly active is when tea and “gateaux piments” are being served. As long as we have such chatwas on the boards, we should not be surprised that our institutions have , of late, been suffering from an ethical and governance deficit. They have repudiated independence, transparency and accountability with a brazen shrug of callousness and indifference.

SBM Holdings - a cash cow for political nominees

Board members rewarded for their incompetence !

Generalissimo Pinokio :Undermining our institutions !

In this age of populist demagoguery, illiberal democracy, personalised autocracy and institutionalised despotism, we have seen it happening from Trump in the US, Bolsonaro in Brazil, Orban in Hungary ,PiS in Poland, Erdogan in Turkey, Modi in India, Khan and the military in Pakistan, Putin in Russia, Xi Jinpin in China ,Kagame in Rwanda…the dismantling of democratic institutions and civil rights .

Bogus comments from our confused economists !

Some economists, who have often chosen to go down the road of complacency and bury their heads in the sand, are again at their old games, toeing the line and trying to give some credibility to Budget 2023-24.