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The courts heard from witnesses that Kelly Smith sold Joshlin Smith for her "eyes and skin" to a traditional healer.
The girl, Joshlin Smith, is still missing, and the case has haunted South Africa. Prosecutors said that the mother was ...
Joshlin Smith, 6, disappeared last February, never to be seen again. Her mother, her boyfriend and their friend have recently ...
Despite the convictions and sentences, Joshlin’s father and the community are disappointed she is still a missing person without any answers as to her whereabouts.
Joshlin Smith’s abduction reflects South Africa’s worsening crisis of missing girls and deep-seated human trafficking and ...
The mother of a missing 6-year-old girl in South Africa has been jailed for life, highlighting the problem of human trafficking in the country.
Daniels, grandmother of missing Joshlin Smith, shares her harrowing journey of grief and depression following her daughter’s ...
Government has welcomed the judgement handed down by Judge Nathan Erasmus in the Western Cape High Court where Kelly Smith, ...
A South African woman convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her six-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison, ...
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, Xola Nqola, has commended the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for securing life sentences for all three accused ...
Joshlin’s case highlights South Africa’s child trafficking crisis, with life sentences offering little solace as her fate ...
On Thursday, her mother, South African woman Racquel "Kelly" Smith, was found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking Joshlin, ...