Masego Kgomo (c. 1999 – 31 December 2009) was a South African girl murdered in order to provide body parts for rituals performed by a sangoma. Her murder sparked calls for sangomas to stop using human flesh for rituals.

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. A suspect led police to Kgomo's body in Soshanguve in the early hours of 9 January 2010.

Murder of Masego Kgomo

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.

Murder of Masego Kgomo

See also

List of kidnappings

Muti killings

References

2009 murders in South Africa

December 2009 events in South Africa

Crimes involving Satanism or the occult

Formerly missing people

Incidents of violence against girls

Kidnappings in South Africa

Missing person cases in Africa

Traditional African medicine

Child murder in South Africa

Murder of Masego Kgomo