The trial within a trial is for the court to decide whether confession statements made by Van Rhyn and Appollis can be used ...

Defence lawyers challenge the validity of Steveno 'Steffie' van Rhyn's confession in the ongoing trial concerning the ...

Appollis claims he was tortured and beaten repeatedly by five men while he was being interrogated at the Sea Border Police ...

Dramatic courtroom confrontation unfolds as Jacquen 'Boeta' Appollis details alleged torture by police in the Joshlin Smith ...

Appollis claims that before his statement, he was allegedly tortured by police and a black bag placed over his head to elicit a confession in the Joshlin Smith case.

As the sixth week of the Joshlin Smith trafficking trial comes to an end, two of the accused — Stevano van Rhyn and Jacquen “Boeta” Appollis — return to the stand. A trial within a trial is ongoing to ...

Defence lawyers challenge the validity of Steveno 'Steffie' van Rhyn's confession in the ongoing trial concerning the ...

Boeta Appollis, the last person to see six-year-old Joshlin Smith before her disappearance, testifies in court about alleged ...

Nobahle Mkabayi made the claim during the trial-within-a-trial, which is probing whether statements made by the accused were ...

After police threatened him with death, suspended him upside down and put a black bag over his head, Joshlin Smith kidnapping ...

Although SA benefits from a 90-day tariff pause, experts say it’s a tactical move by the US to secure favourable trade agreements.

Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis told the court which parts of his allegedly coerced confession were true and which were false ...