COVER STORY

How Ramgoolam fell

Former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam spent yet another day at the CCID yesterday as police troved through the contents of the safes seized in his house. Weekly cleaves through the complexities of the case, explains exactly what Ramgoolam is accused of and the wild direction the story has taken.

INTERVIEW

Navin Unoop, VoH: “We are doing social work for the whole of the Mauritian population”

Following the recent spat between the Maha Shivaratri task force and the Voice of Hindu on the latter’s presence in Grand Bassin, Weekly sits down with VOH’s President Navin Unoop.  He talks about why there may be a confusion about the two VOHs, the land given to them by the previous government and why he thinks the VOH is not a sectarian organisation. 

SOCIETY

Drug abuse boom: Young, wild and… addicted

The island’s You Only Live Once (YOLO!) generation has many qualities but resisting temptation is not one of them. Right now, many social workers are highlighting a dramatic upswing in thrill-seeking local youngsters who get hooked on prescription drugs. Weekly gives you the story of a recovering addict who paid a high price for wanting to try everything in life once…

THIS IS MAURITIUS

All you need to know about Maha Shivaratri

Weekly looks at how the Maha Shivaratri festival scheduled for 17 February this year and the great night of Shiva came to be celebrated in Mauritius.