Police minister Bheki Cele has appointed two high-ranking officials to form a team to investigate taxi violence in Port St Johns amid allegations that government officials and police were themselves involved in the taxi industry, while Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has appealed to the president to deploy the military.
Taxi associations associated with violence and blockades on the R61 between Port St Johns and Lusikisiki have each been fined R700,000, and must cough up R200,000 within five days. The remaining R500,000 is suspended.
The leaders of the two feuding taxi associations in the Port St Johns area are seeking to end a bloodbath which erupted two weeks ago. A deadly encounter saw six people shot dead and others, including a child, wounded. Six vehicles were torched.
Residents of Shushwana village in Tora A/A in Ngcobo are reeling at the news that neighbours, a grandmother and her four grandchildren, died in a fire in their home on Monday night.
PNN Chennai (Tamil Nadu)/ Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], November 11: Great Lakes Institute of Management, one of the premier B-schools of the country with campuses in Chennai and Gurgaon has announced admissions open for its full-time one year Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) and two year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) for academic session 2024-25. The institute has also announced that it will be accepting NMAT scores (2022 onward) for the PGPM, in addition to CAT 2022/23, XAT 2023/24 and GMAT taken post 1st Jan 2021. The PGDM will continue to accept CAT, XAT and GMAT tests. The PGPM requires candidates to have at least 2 years of experience while the PGDM accepts students with 0-3 years of experience. The Application Deadline (Cycle 1) for both the programs is 1st Dec 2023. Great Lakes is ranked 3rd by Outlook in Top Standalone Institutions, 9th by Business India in Top Indian B-Schools, 31st among Top B-schools by NIRF under Ministry of HRD and ranked in Super Leag