Cover Story

The Labour/MMM alliance’s likely candidates

The name game

The Labour Party and the MMM decided on Friday to form a coalition for the next general elections, widely expected to take place in November. Both parties will now have to shuffle candidates to present in the various constituencies. Weekly looks into the choice voters might face in the different constituencies.

Interview

“The concept of sharing power is a big political mistake”

Weekly talks to Dev Virahsawmy, political observer and former politician who helped found the MMM, on what he expects of the Labour-MMM alliance. He takes us down memory lane and explains the situation we are in through our history and some historical events.

What’s on

My week withoutsocial media and new technology

A survivor’s tale

The challenge: In response to repetitive warnings about the internet’s potential addictiveness,Weekly’s journalist, Lina Pascal, was banned from using social media and new technology gadgets for seven days. This is how it affected her.

Education

From rote learning to studying abroad

How to manage the transition

The excessive reliance onrote learning and memorisation is one of the oft-critiqued aspects of the local education system. So how does it affect Mauritian students going abroad and how can one manage the transition smoothly?

Business Focus

Financing small firms.

How and why SMEs are growing in number?

The international Monetary Fund (IMF) published a working paper in June that links some European countries escaping recession through the prevalence of their small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In Mauritius,while the number of SMEs may not be as extensive as that of Germany for example, small businesses, according to official data, are growing in numbers.What explains their rise?

Health

The HPV vaccine

How has it faring in Mauritius?

TheHPV vaccine is a relatively recent addition in the medical arsenal in Mauritius.Touted as one of the best methods of checking cervical cancer, the vaccine, itseems, is not doing so well in terms of popularity. So why is the HPV vaccine struggling to take off in the country?

This is Mauritius

Mauritius after 2050

With issues such as a greying population increasingly taking centre-stage as a long-term problem in Mauritius, what are the demographics of the country likely to look like after 2050?