{"id":265370,"date":"2025-07-27T18:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/?p=265370"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:06:24","slug":"vals-leidraad-oor-joshlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/vals-leidraad-oor-joshlin\/","title":{"rendered":"JOSHLIN SMITH: N\u00f3g \u2018n wenk loop uit op niks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Met die app\u00e8lsaak van Kelly Smith, Boeta Appolis en Steveno van Rhyn wat nou weer in die kollig is, gaan die polisie moet bontstaan om weer allerhande \u201cnuwe\u201d inligting wat vorendag kom, op te volg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens die kantoor van die provinsiale polisiekommissaris in die Wes-Kaap, het die polisie Vrydagmiddag (25 Julie) op Middelpos -informele nedersetting in Saldanha neergedaal om inligting oor die verdwyning van die sewejarige Joshlin Smith in Februarie 2024 op te volg .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polisiespanne onder leiding van speurders van die honde-eenheid, soek- en reddingspanne en die Saldanha-polisie het &#8216;n ge\u00efdentifiseerde gebied in Middelpos waar Joshlin verdwyn het, deursoek, maar niks gekry nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"396\" data-attachment-id=\"265372\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/vals-leidraad-oor-joshlin\/3ffeaf0db5664b7e82366e08d61c0c81\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3ffeaf0db5664b7e82366e08d61c0c81.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"498,396\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3ffeaf0db5664b7e82366e08d61c0c81\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;n Jonger Joshlin Smith.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;n Jonger Joshlin Smith.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3ffeaf0db5664b7e82366e08d61c0c81.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3ffeaf0db5664b7e82366e08d61c0c81.jpg?fit=498%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"'n Jonger Joshlin Smith.\" class=\"wp-image-265372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3ffeaf0db5664b7e82366e08d61c0c81.jpg 498w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3ffeaf0db5664b7e82366e08d61c0c81-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8216;n Jonger Joshlin Smith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die polisie het benadruk dat hulle &#8216;n verpligting het om alle inligting wat onder hul aandag gebring word, op te volg en te toets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die polisie het die verseker gegee dat Joshlin se spoolose verdwyning steeds &#8216;n prioriteit is en die ondersoek nog nooit gesluit is nie. 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