Alan Ganoo took the heat in parliament on Monday over the death of 27-year-old Yannick Permal in an accident involving the tramway at the Pope Hennessey intersection in Beau Bassin. However, the minister of land transport and light rail told parliament that it was not the government’s decision to put the Metro Express at ground level in the area that was to blame, arguing that plans for the previous Métro Léger project proposed by the Labour government did so too. The trouble is that, none of this seems to be true. And Weekly publishes the documents to prove it.

Interview

Krepaloo Sunghoon: “Bio agriculture is impossible in our country”

After publication of Weekly’s cover story last week on the use of pesticides in the agricultural industry and the dangers to consumers, Weekly speaks to Krepaloo Sunghoon, secretary general of the Small Planters’ Association, for the other side of the story. Sunghoon naturally defends the planters and attributes any possible excesses to ignorance and lack of help. The outcome does not however appease our worries about what goes into our bodies.

Reader’s Corner

Nepotism and corruption – a legal view

“Very often, our politicians refer to the Singapore model in the hope of making Mauritius into another Singapore. In the present juncture, one is tempted to refer to the oft used expression, “Arrête rêver camarade”

Issues

Le Morne

How did a group of UK investors fail in their bid to develop an IRS scheme on Le Morne?

A battle concerning Le Morne, the UNESCO-recognised world heritage site, which was taking place behind closed doors has just concluded. A group of UK-based investors were claiming nearly Rs2.8 billion after the Mauritian government prevented them from going ahead with a tourism/real estate scheme in the area. However, an arbitration tribunal at the World Bank recently ruled in Mauritius’ favour. So what was this battle about?