Mother who sold daughter for £800 jailed in South Africa
One witness told a court Kelly Smith said she sold her daughter to a sangoma, a traditional healer, for 20,000 rand and that the girl was wanted for her "eyes and skin".
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Kelly Smith, the mother of Joshlin Smith, arrives for her sentencing hearing.
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Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn.
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Six-year-old Joshlin Smith's informal settlement home, where she disappeared. Pic: Reuters
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