'Just the tip of the iceberg'

WESTERN Cape Social Development MEC Jaco Londt has warned that the province may be facing a silent crisis of human trafficking, especially in rural areas.

- BY WENDY DONDOLO

Speaking at the West Coast District Municipality Human Trafficking Conference held in Moorreesburg last week alongside Joshlin Smith case prosecutor Advocate Zelda Swanepoel, Londt led the talks.

Swanepoel's work saw Joshlin's mother Kelly Smith, her berk Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn sentenced to life inne mang for the disappearance pf the then-six-year-old in February 2024 in Saldanha Bay.