October 3, 2008
News reaches Guru of huge legal developments on the picturesque holiday destination of the Seychelles.
Situated in the western Indian Ocean, where the last big news was independence from Britain in 1976 (Guru still mourns that day), the islands make the Caribbean look like a capitalist empire.
But now the Seychelles government (which is not just one old fat man in a big house) has voted to set up an employment tribunal. The superbly named employment minister, Macsuzy Mondon, said there was a need "to modernise the system and make it more efficient".
Just to give you an idea of how quickly things move on the islands, it has taken the national assembly five years of talks to reach this point.
Guru foresees many disgruntled fishermen, crop pickers, coconut growers and hotel porters rushing to take their employers to tribunal. Or maybe they just won't be bothered.
As they say down the fishing harbour: "Orevwar"
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