Convicted trio claim they were wrongfully sentenced in case of missing child sold for R20,000 Over a year after six-year-old Joshlin Smith vanished from Saldanha Bay,...
In a painful and highly emotional case that unfolded during National Child Protection Week, the Western Cape High Court handed down life sentences to Jacquen Appollis,...
Three individuals found guilty in one of South Africa’s most disturbing recent child trafficking cases have been sentenced to life in prison. Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, Steveno...
Tears filled the courtroom at the White City Multipurpose Hall this week as the family who had hoped to adopt missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith shared the...
Horrifying new testimony has shed a darker light on what might have happened to six-year-old Joshlin Smith as the sentencing process for three people found guilty...
The final chapter in the high-profile Joshlin Smith kidnapping case is set to unfold next week, as sentencing arguments begin for the three individuals convicted of...
The woman accused of torching the shack of Racquel “Kelly” Smith, the mother of missing child Joshlin Smith, has been granted bail after her second court...
The three individuals convicted in the high-profile Joshlin Smith case—Racquel ‘Kelly’ Smith, Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis, and Steveno ‘Steffie’ van Rhyn—will return to court on Friday, 23...
The Western Cape High Court has found Kelly Smith, the mother of missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith, and her two co-accused guilty of kidnapping and human trafficking....
The Western Cape High Court has found Racquel “Kelly” Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, and their friend Steveno “Steffie” van Rhyn guilty of kidnapping and...