''Mauritius Times'' is a
weekly newspaper
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which is published in
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
, primarily in
English language
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.
History
''Mauritius Times'' (MT) was founded on 14 August 1954.
Bikramsingh Ramlallah (also known as Beekrumsing or Beekrum) and Sir
Kher Jagatsingh teamed up to start the publication, shortly after Jagatsingh had left the Civil Service and before becoming an active politician. Ramlallah was the editor of ''Mauritius Times'' from 1954 to 2000.
The ''Mauritius Times'' (founded in 1954) should not be confused with an older and defunct daily newspaper which was also called "''Mauritius Times''". The defunct paper used to be published a century earlier, between the 1840s and the 1930s.
Contributions
News articles in ''Mauritius Times'' often analysed events in the context of the country's socio-political history. It became known as an "opinion paper". Its founder-editor
Bikramsingh Ramlallah was arrested and jailed in 1984 as he was founder-chairman of the Mauritius Union of Journalists (MUJ). The MUJ had organised a public protest against the proposed restrictive Newspapers and Periodicals (Amendment) Bill. Also arrested were 44 other journalists who had joined the public protest in
Port Louis
Port Louis (, ; or , ) is the capital and most populous city of Mauritius, mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's financial and political centre. It is admi ...
.
Website
Mauritius Times' provides the online version of the weekly paper, including the free-to-download
PDF
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version of the newspaper.
See also
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List of newspapers in Mauritius
References
External links
''Mauritius Times''
1954 establishments in Mauritius
Newspapers published in Mauritius
Newspapers established in 1954
Communism in Mauritius
English-language newspapers published in Africa
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