According to Mackles, an expert on the subject, by harvesting and consuming the parts, a witch doctor, or "sangoma", will capture the victim's life force and energy.

Online Witch Doctors Lure South African Christians. ... Another sangoma, Gogo Khanyakude, offers online “dream interpretation” and “crossover meditation” for a millennial clientele.

A supposed confession from one of the suspects described how the gang travelled to Johannesburg where they sold the remains to a ‘sangoma’ – or witch doctor – for a little over £2,000.

There's a sangoma on the front page of the Johannesburg Star today, leaping in the air outside Soccer City, the venue for the World Cup final on July 11 ...

If Sebenzile Nsukwini's bones are anything to go by, the World Cup is going to pass off without a hitch and hosts South Africa are destined for great things.