Search for Joshlin Smith intensifies

DIAZVILLE - The search for 6-year-old Joshlin Smith is now in its second week.

Operations have been bolstered as senior investigators from Cape Town have now arrived.

They have begun questioning her mother Kelly Smith and her boyfriend  Jacquin  Appollis.

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The  Saldanha Bay girl went missing after being left with  Appollis as she was too ill to go to school.

Family friends say her mother is traumatised and are appealing to people not to accuse her without proof.

Provincial authorities say their teams are working around the clock in Smith's search.

• eNCA's Nobesuthu Hejana reports.