Amanda Daniels said that Smith, who was convicted earlier this month, had ripped the family apart and still refused to take responsibility for her actions

A human expert trafficking testified in aggravation of sentence on Tuesday, saying the sale of the child was premeditated and there was plenty of time to stop it

Steveno van Rhyn detailed alleged police torture as the trial-within-a-trial continued in the Western Cape high court

Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis told the Western Cape high court which parts of his allegedly coerced confession were true and which were false

Sergeant Dawid Fortuin took advantage of Steveno van Rhyn’s ‘youth and vulnerability’, according to attorney Nobahle Mkabayi

Sergeant Dawid Fortuin was being cross-examined by attorney Nobahle Mkabayi, acting for accused two, Steveno van Rhyn

Brigadier Leon Hanana told the court he had not personally interviewed the suspects and had received no reports of misconduct

Lourentia Lombaard irks the judge with her ‘assumptions’, while Kelly Smith is again portrayed as a callous mother

Statistics are scant, but the foster care system in South Africa has its fair share of critics. There is a severe backlog, inadequate resources and a shortage of trained foster parents, meaning high turnover rates

A ‘Nigerian man’ allegedly told Smith that the child was in a container, on a boat, heading for West Africa, the court heard

The first witness said Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith, did not seem ‘worried’ when she was reporting her missing child