DPP files 13 grounds to reopen the PM's safe deposit case
The Director of Public Prosecutions is not done with this case. On Friday the DPP filed 13 grounds of appeal against the court ruling that halted the trial of PM Ramgoolam in the safe deposit box affair, one of the legal threads that has trailed him for years.
The appeal drags the matter back toward open court rather than letting it quietly lapse. The DPP argues the halt was wrong on points of law, 13 of them. For PM Ramgoolam, governing and standing trial at the same time, that keeps an uncomfortable file open right through the budget season, and within earshot of the opposition.
Police arrest scrap-metal bosses over a Rs 1.2 million transformer heist
Four transformers vanished from the Central Electricity Board, the state power utility, worth an estimated Rs 1.2 million. This week the investigation widened sharply, with police arresting and questioning several people, including executives from a northern scrap metal dealer. Stolen grid hardware rarely travels far without a buyer. That the trail runs straight to a scrap yard is the least surprising part of the story.
Marriage will no longer be a defence to rape
The Cabinet has cleared the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill for the National Assembly. Its core change is plain: a person accused of rape can no longer claim that being married to the complainant, in law or in religion, is a defence. The bill also stiffens penalties for killings and assaults committed where domestic abuse is part of the picture.
New Mauritius Hotels plants a flag in Zanzibar
Mauritian hospitality is going island-hopping. New Mauritius Hotels has signed a deal to take over a luxury beachfront hotel in Zanzibar, a transaction put at around $79 million and inked on 23 June. The move pushes one of the island's biggest hotel groups further up East African coast.
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New character certificate law starts 1 July – The Certificate of Character Act 2026 takes effect, changing how old records are disclosed.
Son held over a Rs 350 attack on his father – A man of 65 says his son beat him over Rs 350 and went to the police at Notre-Dame.
Lineside fire halts Metro Express line 1 – A blaze beside the tracks at St-Louis cut power and stopped the whole of line 1 on Friday.
Means test dropped, budget maths reopens – With the means test scrapped, the government must redo the pension sums it just tabled.
A baby is born inside Beau-Bassin prison – Officers helped a pregnant visitor deliver her daughter in the prison toilets during a visit.
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