Masego Kgomo
Deceased Person
– 2009
Who was Masego Kgomo?
Masego Kgomo was a South African girl murdered in order to sell some of her body parts to a sangoma. Her murder sparked calls to sangomas to stop murdering children for their body parts.
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.
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.
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- Nationality
- South Africa
- Lived in
- Soshanguve
- Died
- Dec 31, 2009
Soshanguve
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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