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Mauritius: Demystifying the Privy Council

Jul 13, 2023 | allafrica.com | Touria Prayag

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 Privy Council. This board, we think, will decide, beyond any doubt, whether the 2019 election was genuinely free, fair and credible. The razzmatazz surrounding the debate is therefore fully justified, isn't it? Is it?
Mauritius: All Eyes on The Electoral Commissioner

Jul 6, 2023 | allafrica.com | Touria Prayag

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 case in the Privy Council. One of those instances where one is tempted to say: "I told you so!"For those who did not follow the case, here is the context: Mr Rahman was called to court not as an accused but as a witness.
Mauritius: Asha Burrenchobay - "I Was Happy Not To Have Been Entangled In Possible Hanky-Panky Dealing"

Jun 23, 2023 | allafrica.com | Touria Prayag

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, ethnic lobbies are the criteria for promotion nowadays and not meritocracy. She dedicated 37 years of her life to the civil service and made the headlines in some court cases against what she saw as an injustice in the promotion exercise. Today, Asha Burrenchobay, former Senior Chief Executive, is retired.
Mauritius: CAN anyone bell the cat?

Jun 15, 2023 | allafrica.com | Touria Prayag

Mauritius: CAN anyone bell the cat? By Touria PrayagThe 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 and how it fits in with other police units. And like a thunderstorm, it has been unrelenting. There hasn't been a single week when it didn't somehow compete for the headlines. It was greeted with the suspicion that it deserves.
Interview I Prof Carol-Ann Benn: “We need more women working with women”

May 25, 2023 | lexpress.mu | Touria Prayag

Carol-Ann Benn is a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa with a special interest in breast disease. She was head of the Breast Unit of Helen Joseph Hospital and is currently lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has also run courses on breast health in Mauritius, including live surgery workshops.
Armoogum Parsuramen: “Government members behave as if they were the owners of Mauritius”

May 18, 2023 | lexpress.mu | Touria Prayag

He was minister of education, he is involved in the Mauritius Tamil Federation Vs the State dispute over land allocated to building a Tamil cultural centre and withdrawn by the state and he is a vociferous politician. We sit down with Armoogum Parsuramen this week to have his views on each of these topical issues. There are several topics I would like us to talk about because of the several hats you wear. Let’s start with education.
Promoting the image of the SST

May 11, 2023 | lexpress.mu | Touria Prayag

The Special Striking Team has struck again this week. Twice. Once at Vimen Sabapati and once at our colleague Harish Chundunsing. Both instances are related. At least one is shameful and should not be tolerated in a democratic society. No one is saying that Sabapati is innocent of the drug trafficking offence that he is being accused of. No one is saying he is guilty either.
Interview with Catherine Leclézio: the Roches Noires village deserves to live, not bear the load of someone else's greed

May 4, 2023 | lexpress.mu | Touria Prayag

The project Green Hills has raised a big controversy in the Roches Noires region. Between those who are suspicious of the effect of such a big construction on the environment and those who worry about the fate of the villagers, a thick confusion has been created. We talk to Catherine Leclézio, a social activist who has attended the meetings organised by the promoters and has been following the progress of the project. Is the Green Hills project as green as its name suggests?
Drink, dance and be merry!

May 4, 2023 | lexpress.mu | Touria Prayag

The video of Attorney General Maneesh Gobin’s dance on the MSM stage on May Day made the rounds. Keeping the same beautiful grin on, he merrily danced and danced. And – as looking a fool never killed anyone – he even found dancing partners to join in the beautiful show. Show of what exactly, some compatriots were wondering. What is it they were celebrating with such glee?
Ile Maurice: Je réponds présente !

May 1, 2023 | fr.allafrica.com | Touria Prayag

Le 60e anniversaire de l'express célébré cette semaine était un grand moment et hommage a été rendu aux grands qui ont contribué à cette belle aventure. J'ai lu avec délectation les articles tissés par mes collègues dans un beau livre souvenir - Le Récit d'un Journal (et d'un pays), que je vous recommande à tous - et j'ai pris un grand plaisir à croquer les souvenirs minutieusement détaillés. Je n'ai pas été invitée à offrir ma perspective pour épaissir ce livre. Sans rancune.