Family identify 8th woman found dead in KwaThema

Family identify 8th woman found dead in KwaThema. Skip to content Menu Home | Family identify 8th woman found dead in KwaThema Eighth KwaThema victim identified as Dineo Motapane Image Credits : X: @SAPoliceService Pearl Magubane 16 September 2026, 21:02 [SAST] Police have confirmed the identity of the eighth woman whose body was discovered in KwaThema, in Springs, in the East Rand.

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Her family had not yet reported her missing when her body was discovered on the side of the road in KwaThema. #sapsHQ [FAMILY IDENTIFY KWATHEMA VICTIM] The Acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (#SAPS), Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane, has sent her condolences to the family of 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane, whose body was discovered on the side of the… pic. twitter. com/kCs5YrQx1Q — SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) September 16, 2026 Motapane’s death comes as police intensify investigations into the deaths of eight women whose bodies have been discovered in different parts of Ekurhuleni, since July.

Image source, Central NewsImage caption, Nicholas Brandram, pictured in 2013, was found dead on TuesdayByEllie Price, News correspondent and James W Kelly, LondonPublished16 September 2026, 15:46 BSTUpdated 6 hours agoThe man suspected of pushing a woman into the path of a bus during a run on Putney Bridge in west London in 2017, has been found dead at his home. The eighth woman whose body was discovered, in KwaThema is 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane The banker was found dead in his home on Tuesday evening.

Skip to content Menu Home | Former SABC Sports presenter Owen Ndlovu found dead Owen Ndlovu Image Credits : Facebook Tshepo Phagane 16 September 2026, 14:29 [SAST] Former SABC Sports presenter and music rights activist Owen Ndlovu has been found dead. Her family positively identified her body at the Springs Mortuary on Wednesday afternoon. Acting National Police Commissioner of Police Puleng Dimpane has sent her condolences to the Motapane family and says a multidisciplinary team of investigators and specialists is working around the clock to establish the circumstances surrounding each death.

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Police say their priority is to identify those responsible and bring the perpetrators to justice, as the investigation into the deaths continues. Nicholas Brandram, 44, was under investigation in the so-called "Putney pusher" case, after CCTV went viral showing just how close the woman came to being run over by the 430 bus, in a seemingly unprovoked attack. Figure caption, The incident happened nine years agoA spokesperson for the force said officers attended the property in Chiswick alongside paramedics "after a man was found unresponsive".

"Sadly, a 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. This has been confirmed by his family in a statement released Wednesday afternoon. His body was found by residents in Thokoza on Wednesday morning. She has been identified as 38-year-old Dineo Evelyn Motapane. According to the police, Motapane was last seen alive on Sunday.

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We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. He was arrested in June this year on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm. Last week, the Metropolitan Police confirmed he had been released under investigation. The Met said his death was being treated as "unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious". Brandram, who served as a Captain in the Scots Guards in Afghanistan, was working more recently in private banking for HSBC.

He is a relative of European royalty – a direct descendant of Queen Victoria, his great grandfather was King Constantine I of Greece, his grandmother was Princess Katherine of Greece, and the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, was his father's godfather. 'Quick reactions'While in police custody in June over the Putney Bridge incident, Brandram was also arrested on suspicion of drug possession. Shortly after the incident in 2017, investigating officer Sgt Mat Knowles said: "It was only due to the superb quick reactions of the bus driver that she was not hit by the vehicle.

"Bus driver Oliver Salbris told the Sunday Times following the incident: "If I hadn't swerved, I would have smashed her head.

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The consequences would have been terrible for her – and for me. "Detectives identified more than 50 people of interest following the incident. The Met had initially closed its investigation in 2018 after three men had been arrested and released without charge. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, external, X, external and Instagram, external. Send your story ideas to hello. bbclondon@bbc. co. uk, externalRelated topicsLondonPutney Ndlovu was hijacked and kidnapped in Katlehong, on Gauteng’s East Rand on Tuesday night while fetching his wife from church.

Police say three men, one armed with a gun, accosted him.

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