Murder of Masego Kgomo

Masego Kgomo
Born c. 1999
Disappeared 31 December 2009
Soshanguve, Gauteng
Died 31 December 2009 (aged 10)
Soshanguve, Gauteng
Body discovered
 9 January 2010
Soshanguve, Gauteng
Resting place
 Zandfontein Cemetery [1]
Nationality South African
Home town Soshanguve, Gauteng
Parent(s) Joseph and Kate Kgomo

Masego Kgomo (c. 1999 – 31 December 2009) was a South African girl murdered in order to sell some of her body parts to a sangoma.[2] Her murder sparked calls to sangomas to stop murdering children for their body parts.[3][4]

Kgomo went missing near her home in Soshanguve, a township north of Pretoria, on 31 December 2009. Five people were initially charged with her kidnapping and murder.[5] A suspect led police to Kgomo's body in Soshanguve in the early hours of 9 January 2010.[6]

On 28 November 2011, Judge Billy Mothle found 30-year-old Brian Mangwale guilty of her murder and kidnapping in the Pretoria High Court. Mangwale was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder and six years imprisonment for her kidnapping.[7][8][9]

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References

  1. ↑ Magome, Mogomotsi (18 January 2010). "Sad farewell for slain Masego". IOL. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Venter, Zelda (13 May 2011). "Body parts ‘ripped out of her’". IOL.co.za. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ "'Stop killing children for muti'". Times LIVE. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Minister calls for separate criminal charges for muti killings". Times LIVE. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  5. ↑ "5 in court for girl's murder". News24. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  6. ↑ McLea, Harriet (10 January 2010). "10-year-old Masego was 'a lovely, beautiful, funny girl'". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  7. ↑ "Life sentence for muti killer". News24. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Hlahla, Patrick (29 November 2011). "Masego ‘mutilated while alive’". Pretoria News. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Dlamini, Penwell (29 November 2011). "Muti killer gets life". The Sowetan. Retrieved 26 March 2013.