Three in four inmates are back for more
Nearly three in four convicts in Mauritian prisons are reoffenders, and the reoffending rate has jumped 11.7%, according to the Statistics Mauritius Crime, Justice and Security Report released on 30 June. That is a penal system quietly recycling the same people, and every returning inmate is a bed the system expected to free up and didn't. Figures like these points one of two ways: sentences that fail to deter, or nothing waiting for people the day they walk out. More cells fixes neither. Prison, on this evidence, is teaching return visits better than it teaches anything else.
Youth joblessness hits 18.4% as the young pack their bags
Youth unemployment has climbed to 18.4%, even as the wider labour market looks healthier, and more young professionals are choosing to build careers somewhere else. The good headline rate hides the split: the island trains people it then watches leave. Every flight out is a skill the country paid to grow. An economy can post a strong jobs number and still lose its next decade to the departure lounge.
Mauritius has no rulebook for the taxi app it's fighting over
No law yet covers ride-hailing apps, so Alalila, which runs on Uber's technology, now has 243 taxi operators suing its operator Logidis Ltd and the Transport ministry. Minister Osman Mahomed notes a promised framework never arrived, and his committee still can't get the two big taxi unions to agree.
A rulebook promised back in 2022 might arrive before the drivers settle on what it should say.
A new link road promises to unclog the Réduit crawl
Relief is near for drivers stuck in the daily Trianon crawl into the capital: a Rs 355 million link road tying the Tribeca Mall straight to the M1 motorway is in its final stages, letting traffic skip the worst of Réduit gridlock. After years of same jam, the fix is nearly open.
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de l'Estrac warns the welfare model is ruinous – Jean Claude de l'Estrac warns the current welfare state risks the island's finances and its children's future.
St-Martin's pig farms sit in putrid waters – More than a hundred breeders work the St-Martin pig zone, where renewed leases meet foul, insanitary conditions.
Student, 18, held with 102g of cannabis – Police in Coromandel held a college student, 18, with 102 grams of cannabis on Sunday night.
Cattle ship told to keep its distance – Mauritius ordered the Apex LSS Success, carrying unwanted cattle from Mozambique, to stay 300 km offshore.
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