Death of Masego Kgomo
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On December 31, 2009, in South Africa
, 11-year-old Masego Kgomo was murdered in order to sell some of her body parts to a Sangoma
(a practitioner of Muti
). Five people have been charged with her kidnapping and murder. Her father is a pastor at the St Michael's Apostolic Church in Soshanguve. Her gruesome murder has sparked calls to practitioners of muti to end murdering children for their body parts.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, 11-year-old Masego Kgomo was murdered in order to sell some of her body parts to a Sangoma
Sangoma
A sangoma is a practitioner of herbal medicine, divination and counselling in traditional Nguni societies of Southern Africa .The philosophy is based on a belief in ancestral spirits...
(a practitioner of Muti
Muti
Muti is a term for traditional medicine in Southern Africa as far north as Lake Tanganyika. The word muti is derived from the Zulu word for tree, of which the root is -thi...
). Five people have been charged with her kidnapping and murder. Her father is a pastor at the St Michael's Apostolic Church in Soshanguve. Her gruesome murder has sparked calls to practitioners of muti to end murdering children for their body parts.