Tsepo Molemohi

Tsepo Molemohi (1988 - 1999)

Brief overview:

Tsepo (11), was found brutally murdered, lying decapitated in an open field. His genitals had been cut off.

“They can take away parts of Tsepo, but they can’t take away his spirit,” said Lolo Matomela, a teacher at Rutengang Primary School, where the boy was in Grade Six.
“We as a community have to join together to fight this. It has to stop.”
Rutengang’s principal noted that Tsepo was the school’s second pupil to die this year, and urged the community to get involved in stopping the violence.
A 17-year-old neighbour has confessed to killing the boy, although he claims he killed him to steal his bag of soccer balls. The evidence indicates that Tsepo’s death was not a simple robbery.
Police, and Tsepo’s parents, believe he was murdered because a child’s body parts are considered valuable muti.

Brief Biography:

• Other Victims/Family
• Tsepo’s mother, Pinky Molemohi, says the community outpouring of support has helped her family deal with the tragedy of her son’s death.
• Funeral/Memorial
  • The several hundred mourners who joined the Molemohi family to bury Tsepo were saddened by his death, and angered by its arbitrary brutality.
• The Street/Suburb
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

Attack Details:

• Date and time of attack
• Weapons
• Items Stolen
• Investigative officer/SAPS Case No:
• Torture, Gratuitous violence
• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

Perpetrator details:

• Number and Descriptions
• Arrests
• Within 4 days, a suspect had been arrested. Seventeen-year-old Jimmy Bongani Mokolobate was seen walking with a bloody knife and with blood on his clothing on the day in question. He admitted to police that he had killed the young boy- Jimmy's account of events in a confession before a magistrate indicated that 2 days prlor to the murder he had been approached by two sangomas, l one male and one female, who had offered him money to obtain a male head, tongue, eyes, and genitals
• Name/s and age/s of Perpetrator/s
• Country of origin of Perpetrator/s
• Trial/Conviction

Additional Biographical Information:

Links to Media articles:

• https://archive.ph/Xw9K0
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000199064314846