Mauritius Africa's best governed country

Mauritius does look like the best governed country in Africa if you've traveled throughout Africa. What keeps the government in check? A highly literate and engaging public compared to other African countries. In addition Mauritius has a vibrant democracy which I haven't seen having lived and traveled throughout Africa. However, Mauritian's will tell you that there appears to be an alarmingly increasing level of corruption from little guys such as custom officials to the bigwigs such as ministers and politicians. One reason for this is that the social fabric and values of Mauritians has weakened considerably from that of our forefathers. From a structural point of view, many Mauritians complain about the merry go round of the political elite - it's as if they just agree to take turns in government.

Sithanen has done a courageous job at reducing bureaucracy and getting rid of the largesse of many government institutions, however in a country where nearly 60% of employment is through the government there remains a long a way to go. Secondly those in government, throughout the whole system need to be held to higher standard of professionalism and competence.