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February 19, 2026

Two years after the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith from her home in Middelpos, Saldanha Bay, the search for her continues.

- MURRAY SWART

TWO years after six-year-old Joshlin Smith vanished from her home in Middelpos, Saldanha Bay, the three people convicted of trafficking and kidnapping her are serving life sentences but the child has still not been found.

Joshlin was reported missing on February 19, 2024. In May 2025, the Western Cape High Court sentenced her mother, Racquel "Kelly" Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn to life imprisonment plus 10 years after finding them guilty of trafficking in persons for purposes of exploitation and kidnapping. The court heard evidence that she had been sold for R20 000.

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