A new Ébène link road lets drivers skip the Réduit crush
Drivers leaving Ébène or the Tribeca mall for Port Louis and the north no longer have to funnel through Réduit. The Julius Nyerere B1-M1 Link Road, opened on Wednesday by Minister of National Infrastructure Ajay Gunness, runs a new roundabout and slip road past Maeva Tower straight onto the M1 motorway.
It cost Rs 332 million and was built by Transinvest with GIBB Engineering under the Road Development Authority, work began back in April 2025. Gunness says it is about unclogging a region that chokes at rush hour. Anyone who has sat in the Réduit queue at 08:00 will judge that soon enough.
File your tax return today or the MRA starts charging by the month
Friday is the last day to file your income tax return, and the Mauritius Revenue Authority is blunt: Rs 2,000 for each month you are late, capped at Rs 5,000 for individuals and small firms, Rs 20,000 for the rest. Unpaid tax adds a 1 percent hit plus monthly interest.
The MRA expects about 300,000 returns this year, down from 348,153, after the zero-rate band rose to Rs 500,000 and the brackets fell from eleven to three. Leaving it to tonight is a tradition; the penalty is not.
Watchdog flags four weaknesses in how Quatre Bornes spends
The Financial Crimes Commission, the island's financial crime watchdog, has found four systemic weaknesses in how Quatre Bornes Municipal Council releases project money. Its October report flags gaps that make spending hard to trace from decision to payment. For a council handling public money, who signed off and why should not be hard part.
Keys handed over for 72 of 200 new homes at Pointe-aux-Piments
72 families have their keys out of 200 homes planned on the state housing site at Pointe-aux-Piments, with the latest handover going to Rent-to-Own beneficiaries, the scheme for households who can neither get a bank loan nor buy outright. The project is a third built as of 26 October. The rest of the queue will be watching how fast the other 128 arrive.
Shorts
PM Ramgoolam sits down with NGOs over unrest – He opened talks on what fed October's unrest, tying it to a bill meant to make informers speak.
Checking vegetables alone won't fix pesticides – Officials want fewer toxic sprays and more testing, plus real cover for the planters who handle them.
Suspect held over Plaine-Verte mosque theft – A man of 34 was held by Port-Louis North CID over the theft at the mosque.
Water grant users flag a Rs 5,000 surcharge – With 300 to 500 claims a day, two users say they were billed an extra Rs 5,000.
Government drafts rules on online abuse – Ministers are drafting a fresh framework to curb abuse and harassment on social media.
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