Despite the court’s decision bringing a degree of legal closure to a year-long investigation, Swanepoel emphasised that the ...

It’s been just over a week since Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn were sentenced to life behind bars for ...

The sentencing follows an intense eight-week trial during which the court heard devastating details surrounding the girl’s ...

Joshlin Smith is still missing and is feared dead after her mom sold her to a traditional healer who wanted her for 'her eyes ...

A shocking case out of South Africa has put the issue of human trafficking front and center, a reminder of the urgent need for systemic changes to prevent such abominable crimes. Racquel "Kelly" Smith ...

In a deeply unsettling case that has gripped South Africa, Racquel “Kelly” Smith and two accomplices have been sentenced on ...

A South African woman, Racquel “Kelly” Smith, 34, along with her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis, and friend, Steveno van Rhyn, ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Eleven-year-old Ghanaian spelling whizz ...

A South African court on Thursday sentenced a woman to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter, ...

ShareA South African woman convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her six-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in ...

Joshlin Smith went missing in February last year when she was just six-years-old, sparking a desperate nationwide manhunt to ...

Kelly Smith, the mother of Joshlin Smith, attends her sentencing at the Western Cape High Court in Saldanha Bay, South Africa ...