Cover story:

The paradox behind the tiara

Miss Mauritius 2013 has been crowned and the most surprising aspect of it is not the elected teenager’s inability to construct sentences in French but the absence of a real debate on beauty pageants and their place in society. Weekly asks why beauty pageants have never been as popular in Mauritius as they are now.

Issues:

The bazaar versus the street

Local politics in the capital seems to have boiled down to how you answer one particular question: what do we do with the street hawkers? Why can the authorities not act? And what are some of the less obvious reasons for hawkers to oppose proposals to relocate.

Health:

Viagra’s journey from medicine to “party drug”

Healthy young men are increasingly taking erectile dysfunction pills like Viagra just for the thrill of it, unaware of the dangerous effects it can have on their bodies. How did Viagra become a “party drug” for young Mauritians?

Interview with Rama Sithanen:

“The whole world cannot be wrong and mad and only Mauritius is right.”

Is having non-elected ministers a good idea? Rama Sithanen sits down with Weekly to attempt to defend his proposal and weighs in on how the Mauritian system is damaging itself, and why we cannot simply blame the euro-zone crisis for our economic troubles. 

Education:

Zooming in on the accountancy profession

Career opportunities in accounting and finance are many and varied and a career in finance is often interesting, challenging and offers excellent remuneration. However, the industry is very competitive and prospective candidates need to have an equally competitive edge to demarcate themselves from the crowd.