Joshlin Smith, 6, went missing on February 19, 2024, from Middelpos, Saldanha Bay. Her mother, Racquel ‘Kelly’ Smith, her ...

Captain Philip Seekoei's cross-examination in the Western Cape High Court raises critical questions regarding the legality of ...

The captain was cross-examined about a confession statement that accused number two, Stevano van Rhyn, made in March last ...

The Western Cape High Court in Saldanha has now heard different accounts of how accused number one, Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis, ...

A trial within a trial is ongoing to determine whether the confessions made by the accused can be used in the main trial. The ...

Appollis and Van Rhyn claim they were tortured by police to admit their involvement in the child's disappearance.

Steveno van Rhyn, one of the three accused in the Saldahna Bay kidnapping of Joshlin Smith, claims that what was contained in ...

A coordinated strategy of questioning Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, accused in the kidnapping case, led to the ...

SALDANHA BAY - The Joshlin Smith kidnapping continues as the court tries to determine whether two of the suspects' ...

Week six of the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and trafficking case continues with lawyers still arguing about the admissibility of statements given to the police by Jacquen Appollis and Stefano Van Rhyn.

A second police officer in the kidnapping and trafficking trial of missing Joshlin Smith testified in court that he had no ...

Joshlin Smith’s mother Kelly Smith has denied claims by the State’s star witness Laurentia Lombaard that she sold her child to a sangoma.