AlgoaFM reports that the vice-chair of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) in the Eastern Cape, Lizo Vakala, has been found dead.

Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge said 64-year-old Vakala's badly burnt body was found on Tuesday night in dense bushes close to the R334 and R335 crossing. Vakala left his home on Saturday to take his car in for repairs in Kwazakhele. He never returned home and his family reported him missing on Sunday. According to Beetge, Vakala's vehicle was found abandoned in Wells Estate on Monday morning. A 35-year-old woman has been arrested and will appear in court soon. The ANC's Gift Ngqondi said Vakala would be remembered as a loyal and forthright cadre of the movement who served the ANC with integrity and never wavered in his fight for social justice, having served in the ANC structures since the movement was unbanned in 1990. Vakala's family issued a brief statement on Facebook on Wednesday.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard at AlgoaFM
• See too, Missing Nehawu leader found dead in Motherwell, at HeraldLive (subscriber access only)

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