SowetanLive reports that another body has been found near a railway line in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal, bringing to seven the number of bodies found in the area.  

On Sunday morning, 35-year-old Manqoba Shabane's lifeless body was discovered by passers-by.  His head had been chopped off and his valuables stolen.  Shabane was apparently on his way to work in the nearby paper mill when he was brutally killed.  A lunch box was found next to his body.  Police suspect the thugs faced resistance from the deceased.  "Judging from the manner that he was killed, it would appear as if the deceased died fighting for his life.  We suspect that a panga might have been used to chop his head off because it had been totally removed from his body," Captain Philani Mzimela indicated.  The railway crossing is the only route used by pupils to reach their schools and students studying at the uMfolozi TVET College.  Mzimela cautioned members of the public who frequented the area passing the railway bridge to walk in groups for safety reasons.  Seven people have died under mysterious circumstances in the area.  Early this month, the body of Nokuthula Mdiniso, who had been an engineering intern working at Isithebe Industrial Estate, had also been found dumped near the railway line. 

• Read the full original of Sandile Motha’s on the above story at SowetanLive

Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page