By: Natasha Archary

Almost 2-months since 6-year old Joslin Smith disappeared from her Saldanha Bay home, teams have started digging around a drain near her home.
Following a lead, an excavator began digging in Diazville, Saldanha Bay on Wednesday, 17 April but due to hard rock in the area, had to stop.
According to Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton Mckenzie, the digging is expected to resume on Thursday when teams return with the correct equipment.
Mckenzie who has been on the ground in the search for Joslin since she was first reported missing, says the lead came from someone who was out of town.
Joslin’s mother Kelly Smith claimed her daughter went missing on 19 February whilst in the care of her boyfriend Jacquin Appollis.
However, it soon came to light that Kelly and Appollis sold litle Joslin for a mere R20 000, allegedly to a sangoma for muthi.
Kelly and Jacquin are crystal meth users and the mother of 3 who is reportedly pregnant with her fourth child, will join her co-accused back at the Vredenburg Magistrates Court on 13 May.
The unidentified source claims he saw the green-eyed girl with her mother’s boyfriend and Steveno on the day she was last seen near the drain.
While previous searches were all unsuccessful, Mckenzie says they are following up on every lead in the hopes to find Joslin.
On 02 March, blood-stained clothes believed to belong to Joslin were found close to the informal settlement home that she disappeared from.
However, forensic tests on the clothing came back negative and were not a match for Joslin.
All four suspects, Kelly Smith, Jacquin Appollis, Steveno Dumaizio and Lorentia Lombard abandoned bail
Meanwhile, Police Minister Bheki Cele said the search for Joslin has broadened and has become not just a national one, but an international one.
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