Courts close 2025 with 57,000 cases still in the queue
Mauritius logged 417,035 offences in 2025, but the figure that should worry the courts is 57,212, the criminal cases still unresolved at the end of the year. That backlog grew by roughly 4,800 in a single year, a 9.1% jump on a stack that was already heavy.
The rise in overall offences is mostly a road story: more than 90,000 speeding cases, phone use at the wheel up 23.8%, and driving without a licence up 41.4%. Domestic violence stayed grimly close to home, with 61% of victims related to the person accused. The backlog wins.
Tech quietly becomes a Rs 36 billion pillar
While tourism cools, another sector is quietly booming. The information and communication technology industry, from call centres to software and back office finance, added Rs 36.3 billion in value in 2025, up 6.9% from Rs 33.9 billion a year earlier.
That is a record, it is also a useful hedge. When European visitor numbers wobble, a business that sells down a fibre line rather than a beach chair looks less like a side bet. That starts to matter.
Barkly staff say politics is running the research station
Staff at the Barkly Experiment Station have written to the head of the civil service alleging intimidation, contested transfers and political meddling at the state farm research unit. Their letter also reached agriculture ministry. A grievance on paper, a test of who runs the place in practice.
Riambel dunes stripped without a permit, prosecutions promised
Someone cleared the protected dunes at Riambel without authorisation, and the government now promises prosecutions and a rehabilitation plan. Front Militant Progressiste MP Joanna Bérenger, who raised it at the Assembly, said the dune plants hold the sand and shield the beach from erosion. Strip them, and the coast pays later.
Shorts
A man is killed shielding his mother – Bassodeo Aukhajah, 48, died in Mahébourg after his brother turned on their mother.
Six months for a taxi driver, nine years on – A court jailed a taxi driver for six months over the 2017 M3 crash that killed two British tourists.
Maydon Fashion falls into receivership – Coromandel clothing maker Maydon Fashion, founded in 1987, has entered receivership.
Ethiopian Airlines opens an Addis route – Ethiopian Airlines flew its first Addis Ababa to Mauritius service, welcomed by tourism officials.
Minister targets blocked public beaches – Shakeel Mohamed says he will enforce open access to public beaches, cars on the sand included.
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