The family of missing Kempton Park runner Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, 38, identified her body at the Germiston mortuary on Monday 14 September 2026. Moselakgomo disappeared after going for an afternoon run in Kempton Park on 9 September 2026 and never returned home to her eight-year-old daughter. Image: Supplied/Family
The family of missing 38-year-old runner Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo identified her body at the Germiston mortuary on Monday 14 September 2026. The Elizabeth Moselakgomo identified Germiston mortuary confirmation brings heartbreaking closure to a desperate search. She disappeared after going for an afternoon run in Kempton Park on Wednesday 9 September 2026. Furthermore, her eight-year-old daughter raised the alarm when she did not return home that evening. As a result, the family’s worst fears are confirmed and Moselakgomo becomes the latest known victim in the Kempton Park murders.
Moselakgomo was a runner and community member known in Kempton Park. She left home for an afternoon run on 9 September 2026 and never came back. Her daughter contacted family members after she failed to return and the family reported her disappearance to police. SAPS then intensified their search after her disappearance coincided with the discovery of the fourth body in Rhodesfield on 12 September 2026. However, SAPS could not confirm at the time whether Moselakgomo connected to the Rhodesfield bodies. As a result, the identification at the Germiston mortuary answered that question in the most devastating way possible.
Moselakgomo is one of five women whose bodies turned up in and around Kempton Park between July and September 2026. A fifth body appeared in Olifantsfontein on Monday morning. Despite the similarities between the cases, SAPS has not confirmed that all five deaths link to a single offender. All the women turned up half-naked and bruised in close proximity to each other. Furthermore, the community gathered outside the Kempton Park Police Station on Monday to protest and demand greater safety for women. As a result, the identification of Moselakgomo adds a name, a face and a family to what South Africa had until now described mainly in body counts.
Moselakgomo leaves behind her young daughter and a grieving community. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi condemned the murders on Monday. “We can’t normalise madness. This is madness,” Lesufi said. Indeed, her death reminds South Africa that behind every crime statistic is a mother, a daughter and a community that will never be the same again. Furthermore, the running community in Kempton Park and across South Africa reacted with grief and anger at the news. As a result, calls for justice for Moselakgomo and all the Kempton Park victims grow louder with every passing hour.
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