A major reform in local taxation in Morocco, Law No. 14-25, published in the Official Bulletin on June 12, 2025, has carried out a complete revision of the tax scale for undeveloped land (TNB) and entrusted the collection to municipal tax collectors.
Elected officials and government agents in the Casablanca-Settat region are allegedly involved in a network of illegal well drilling.
Complying with the instructions of the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, the authorities proceeded, last Saturday, to the closure of a reception and training center transformed into a private hotel. Elected officials from the Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) and the Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) and officials are involved in this affair.
The names of several personalities, elected officials and parliamentarians are not on the guest list for the throne celebration, scheduled for Thursday within the royal palace of Tetouan.
The General Inspection of Territorial Administration of the Ministry of the Interior, in coordination with the Inspection of the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Housing, are conducting in-depth investigations into alleged fraudulent maneuvers related to building permit applications filed with the one-stop shops of local authorities by real estate developers.
Suspecting fraudulent practices in the management of housing associations run by Interior Ministry officials, the General Inspection of Territorial Administration is preparing to launch an in-depth audit.
The Ministry of the Interior is working on the overhaul of the Marrakech bus network. In this regard, it has launched a call for tenders for the delegated management of the future urban and suburban bus network in the ochre city.
The control and collection agents of the regional tax directorates in the regions of Casablanca-Settat, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma and Marrakech-Safi, in coordination with the central services of the Ministry of the Interior, are carrying out field verification campaigns to track down "ghost" companies (ghost companies). These have disappeared from the radar of the tax administration for years, after changing their headquarters without notice and failing to file their tax returns within the legal deadlines.
In Morocco, voices are being raised to demand a change in the name of the city of Souk El Arbaa du Gharb, located in the province of Kénitra. This claim comes after USFP deputy Aïcha El Karji submitted a written question to the Minister of the Interior on this subject. What about the merits of this approach?
Commissions under the Ministry of the Interior are conducting investigations in the Casablanca-Settat and Marrakech-Safi regions, targeting elected officials, entrepreneurs and influential figures in several municipalities in these regions who have installed illegal connections to divert water and electricity.
Faced with the proliferation of informal churches in certain neighborhoods of Casablanca, Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit has taken measures to contain this phenomenon, while respecting constitutional freedoms. The committee of Moroccan Christians supports this initiative and advocates for the "construction of authorized churches for migrants as well as for Moroccans who are followers of Jesus".
A vast campaign to demolish anarchic constructions is underway in douars of municipalities under the province of Médiouna, on the outskirts of Casablanca. Buildings and warehouses with roofs covered in synthetic grass escape these operations.