They were convicted of human trafficking and kidnapping Joshlin Smith. The trio appeared briefly in the Western Cape High ...

Save the Children has called for convicted kidnapper and trafficker Kelly Smith to reveal the identity of her child, Joslin, ...

Joshlin Smith’s mother, Racquel “Kelly” Smith, and her kidnapping accomplices are a step closer to finding out their fate ...

A South African court found a mother and two accomplices guilty on Friday of kidnapping and trafficking her 6-year-old daughter, in a case that gained nationwide attention since the child went missing ...

Racquel "Kelly" Smith, Jacquin "Boeta" Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn were convicted by the high court sitting in Saldanha Bay on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking earlier in May. The trio ...

The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter.

The charred ground where Joshlin Smith’s home once stood became the centre of renewed heartbreak and speculation this weekend, as police returned to the site and began digging—fuelled by persistent ...

State Prosecutor Zelda Swanepoel on Wednesday dismissed Steveno 'Steffie' Van Rhyn and his co-accused, Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis's claims of assault and torture by the police during the ...

The sentencing proceedings for Racquel Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, convicted of human trafficking and kidnapping Joshlin Smith, will be held from 27 to 29 May 2025.

The child’s mother, Kelly Smith, and her co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, were convicted of kidnapping and ...

Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court ...