Editing Muti (section)

== Muti killings ==
{{further|Murder for body parts}}
Occasions of murder with mutilation associated with some traditional medicine practices in South Africa have been termed ''muti killings''. These are not [[human sacrifice]]s directly, but rather involve the murder of someone in order to harvest body parts for incorporation into traditional medicines and rituals.

In February 2010, Deputy Provincial Commissioner William Mpembe of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in North West Province said that "muti murders, particularly those involving young children, seem to be on the rise in the Tshwane areas including Soshanguve, Garankuwa and Rietgat".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2011/02/25/cash-for-organs-is-no-joke |title=Cash for organs is no joke |date=25 February 2011 |work=sowetanlive.co.za |publisher=Sowetan Live and SAPA |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> That same month, African traditional healers and the Gauteng government convened at a seminar in Pretoria, South Africa to root out the "evil practice of mutilating human bodies for purposes of muti making."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Muti-killings-to-be-tackled-20100219 |title=Muti killings to be tackled |author=SAPA |date=19 February 2010 |work=news24.com |publisher=News24 |access-date=3 July 2012 |archive-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618153702/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Muti-killings-to-be-tackled-20100219 |url-status=dead }}</ref>