A South African woman has been convicted of kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter. The girl remains missing.

This is Middelpos, an informal settlement in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, and this is what's left of the home of Kelly Smith.

South Africa (AP) — A South African woman was convicted Friday of kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter in a case ...

Smith – whose full name is Racquel Chantel Smith – won sympathy across South Africa in the early days of her daughter’s ...

Joshlin Smith’s mother, Racquel ‘Kelly’ Smith, at White City Multipurpose Centre in Saldanha Bay on 2 May 2025. Picture: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach The woman accused of setting fire to the ...

Smith, whose full name is Racquel Chantel Smith, was initially a figure of sympathy when her daughter went missing. South Africa has been outraged by the case of Kelly Smith who has been convicted of ...

Joshlin Smith's disappearance last year sent shockwaves across South Africa. She is yet to be found.

The woman accused of setting fire to the shack belonging to Racquel “Kelly” Smith, the mother of missing child Joshlin Smith, ...

A South African court found a mother and two accomplices guilty on Friday of kidnapping and trafficking her 6-year-old ...

A South African woman was convicted Friday of ... The girl went missing more than a year ago and hasn't been found. Kelly Smith and two men — her boyfriend and their friend — were convicted ...

Kelly Smith and two men — her boyfriend and their ... her hair tied in pigtails was broadcast by news stations across South Africa as police then launched a nationwide hunt.