COVER STORY

ICT-BPO sector in Mauritius: The looming crisis

For employers in the ICT-BPO sector looking to pump new blood into their organisations, the Business Parks of Mauritius Limited job fair was a disappointment. This points to a looming crisis over the future of the sector. Do all companies suffer in the same way? Is there a contradictory logic at play within the industry? And if current trends continue, does it have a future?

INTERVIEW

Saabir Kasenally, TEC: “It is not the TEC’s duty to regulate who gets access to the hospitals.”

The Tertiary Education Commission has again been making headlines, this time in relation to the controversy surrounding the Dr D.Y Patil Medical College.  With the apparent confusion about just who is responsible for regulating higher education institutions, Weekly speaks to Saabir Kasenally, secretary and head of the administration division of the TEC, to clarify this issue once and for all.  It is the first time this institution openly talks about the whole controversy.

HEALTH

The protein trap: How too much meat can kill you

Will you lose weight if you eat nothing but meat and vegetables? Probably. Don’t count on living for long to tell the tale, though. According to a new study, eating too much meat is as dangerous as smoking.

WHAT’S ON

Oxygen skin therapy: Hollywood beauty trend comes to Mauritius

Weekly zooms in on a new category of skin treatments, oxygen therapy, which is the latest beauty trend in Hollywood. The hype has landed in Mauritius as hundreds of women are already queuing up at high-end salon, Sasha Coiffure, with the hope of rejuvenating their skin with no side-effects.