Ben Farmer

1 week ago | aol.com | Ben Farmer

A South African mother accused of selling her six-year-old daughter to a traditional healer for £850 has been jailed for life. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend and another accomplice were each given life sentences for the kidnapping and human trafficking of Joshlin Smith who went missing in February 2024. Smith said she had sold her daughter to a traditional healer for £850 because the girl was desired for her “eyes and skin”, a witness told the court.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer

A South African mother accused of selling her missing six-year-old daughter to a traditional healer for £850 has been jailed for life. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend and another accomplice were each given life sentences for the kidnapping and human trafficking of Joshlin Smith who went missing in February 2024. In a trial that shocked the country, a witness said Smith told her she had sold her daughter for just £850 to a traditional healer and that the girl was desired for her "eyes and skin".

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Ben Farmer |David Blair

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2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer |David Blair

The US president made false and inflammatory accusations in a highly-charged encounter, but problems in the nation continue to growAmid green hills near the South African town of Levubu, Louis Cloete and his wife, Ina, raised their children on a farm that had been in the family for three generations. This lushly fertile region, just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, is a heartland for growing tropical fruit and nuts.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer

Yet researchers say the claims are also false and that while white farmers have been killed, it is as part of a pattern of crime, extreme violence and lawlessness across the country. They say the attacks are motivated by opportunistic criminality, are not part of a concerted campaign, and that black people, including black farmers, are far more likely to be killed. None of South Africa's political parties, including those representing Afrikaners, allege a "white genocide" is underway.