Western Cape police searched an area in the Middelpos informal settlement in Saldanha Bay on Friday afternoon chasing leads ...

Police have returned to Saldanha Bay to follow up on new information in the ongoing investigation into missing seven-year-old ...

Joshlin's disappearance sent shockwaves across South Africa and despite a highly publicised search for her, she is yet to be found. During the trial, held in March, prosecutors accused Smith of ...

Kelly Smith, the mother of missing Joshlin Smith, appears in court in Vredenburg, South Africa, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Credit: AP ...

Joshlin's teacher then alleged in court that Smith had told her during the search that her daughter was already "on a ship, inside a container, and they were on the way to West Africa".

Joshlin Smith, 6, disappeared from a small town in South Africa’s Western Cape last year Mother sentenced to life in prison for trafficking her six-year-old daughter Skip to main content ...

A mother and her two accomplices have been found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking her six-year-old daughter, in a case that gained nationwide attention.. Joshlin Smith, then 6, disappeared ...

The mother of the missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith and her accomplices, convicted of human trafficking and kidnapping, are ...

Smith broke into tears when her guilty verdict was read earlier this month. More than 17,000 kidnappings took place in South Africa during the 2023/2024 financial year, according to CBS News ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African woman was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for selling her 6-year-old daughter. Kelly Smith was sentenced by a judge alongside two others, her ...

FILE – Kelly Smith, the mother of missing Joshlin Smith, appears in court in Vredenburg, South Africa, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo, File) ...

Smith's daughter, Joshlin, went missing in February 2024 when she was 6, sparking a nationwide hunt by police in South Africa. She has still not been found.