The family of 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane has identified her body, adding another name to the growing list of women killed in a series of cases being investigated across Ekurhuleni. Motapane’s body was discovered on the side of a road in KwaThema, Springs, on Tuesday. Her family positively identified her at the Springs Mortuary on Wednesday afternoon. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), Motapane was last seen alive on Sunday. Her family had not reported her missing before…

South Africa’s largest labour federation, COSATU, has confirmed that its collapsed and adjourned 15th National Congress on Tuesday incurred an estimated cost of R12 million. The four-day elective congress, which was being held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, collapsed due to a lack of a constitutional quorum. This followed a deadlock over the precautionary suspension of COSATU’s first deputy president, Mike Shingange, by his own union, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), just days before…

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says a record number of candidates have registered to contest the November 4 local government elections. The commission briefed the media at its Centurion headquarters on Wednesday, where it revealed that 136,790 candidates are set to contest the upcoming elections, with thousands of local council seats up for grabs. “An unprecedented 136,790 candidates have satisfied the statutory requirements to contest seats across the eight metropolitan municipalities, 44 district municipalities and 205 local municipalities throughout the…