What Did You Do When Mauritius Began to Degenerate?

In a column in Mail & Guardian, Prince Mashele, head of crime, justice and politics at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, mulls the engagement of the young generation and the affluent society in the change process. What he suggests is that if we do not challenge the status quo to stop the perversion of our homeland, we will only have ourselves to blame. No matter how high the walls of gated communities, no matter how networked, ultimately everybody will be affected should citizens' slide into disillusion and helplessness not be halted.