Kelly Smith must tell us where Joshlin is, says founder of missing persons organisation
There will be no justice for Joshlin Smith until her mother sheds light on the missing girl's whereabouts, community members said at the Western Cape High Court on Friday.
Community members outside the Western Cape High Court showed their support for missing Joshlin Smith on 9 May 2025. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN
CAPE TOWN - There will be no justice for Joshlin Smith until her mother sheds light on the missing girl's whereabouts.
That's the view of community members gathered at the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town, where Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis and his friend, Steveno van Rhyn, on Friday heard that sentencing proceedings would run from 27 to 29 May in Saldanha Bay.
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They were found guilty of selling the then-six-year-old to a sangoma for R20,000 in February last year.
On Friday, the public gallery was packed with people and among them was the founder of the Mitchells Plain-based Faith and Hope Missing Persons organisation, Veranique Williams, who has been involved in the case since the child's disappearance.
"I agree fully with the community when they say that justice will not be served in not finding Joshlin. I think that we first need to find Joshlin before justice needs to be served. Kelly needs to talk and tell us where her child is. I assume she knows where her child is."