Joshlin Smith: State witness tells court Kelly Smith sold child to a sangoma for R20,000

Lourentia Lombaard, a former accused in the Joshlin Smith trial who turned State witness, said Kelly Smith confessed to her that she had sold Joshlin to a sangoma for R20,000.

• Joshlin Smith
• Kelly Smith
• Jacquen Appollis

Kelly Smith, Joshlin Smith’s mother, at the Western Cape High Court sitting in the Saldanha Bay Multi-Purpose Centre on 14 March 2025. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN