Developer publishes the timeline of a minister's Rs 35 million flat
Kensons Hotel Ltd broke its silence, publishing a communiqué on how it sold a Bain-Bœuf apartment to Cabinet Minister Shakeel Mohamed for Rs 35 million. Talks began around mid-2024, the developer says, before last year's election and before Mohamed joined the Cabinet.
The company stresses the full price moved by bank transfer, with nothing settled in cash. That deliberate detail matters: Mauritian law bars most cash payments above Rs 500,000 under the Financial Crimes Commission Act. A paper trail shows how the money moved; it does not, by itself, quiet the questions about the timing.
76% of young Mauritians would leave if they could
Seventy-six percent. That is the share of young Mauritians who told the fifth National Youth Parliament (NYP), a two-day sitting that wrapped on 28 August, they would leave the island if they had the chance. More than seven in ten who already study abroad do not come back. The young MPs spent their session circling the worry their elders keep returning to: a shrinking, ageing population, with the people most able to reverse it packing first.
A vigil at Parliament renews the call to publish the Sir Gaëtan report
A Candle Night gathered outside Parliament in Port Louis on Monday for the four sailors who died aboard the tug Sir Gaëtan. Alain Malherbe, who led the tribute, is pressing the government to publish the report of the inquiry into the sinking. Until it appears, the families are left with loss and not the cause.
A 'fortified' label is not the whole story on a kid's drink
Does 'for growth' or 'fortified' on a children's product mean much? Not on its own, says dietitian Lavanya Sunassy-Pather: a drink can carry iron or vitamin D and still be sugary, better as an occasional treat than a daily glass. Her advice is plain: read the ingredients and the sugar line, and judge it by the whole diet around it.
Shorts
Rs 1 million fines land in the new road bill – The new road bill sets fines up to Rs 1 million for causing death while unlicensed, and Rs 3,000 for using a phone.
Rs 10 million to fight bullying in schools – A Rs 10 million fund targets school bullying as reported violence rises and more pupils break the silence.
Central bank flags a fake investment offer – The Bank of Mauritius warns of an investment scam doing the rounds and says it never backs such schemes.
A cell death brings a Rs 50 million claim – Johnson Marguerite died in a police cell, his children are now claiming Rs 50 million from the State.
No Mauritian at risk in Nepal's floods – Foreign Minister Ritesh Ramful says no Mauritian is in danger as deadly floods hit Nepal.
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