Eve Smith, a collaborative international family lawyer and pet custody expert, says in the eyes of the law, animals have long been "considered the same as a dining table and chairs, or car, or boat".

Kelly Smith, Jaquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn have spent their first weekend behind bars as sentenced prisoners for kidnapping and trafficking the then six-year-old Joshlin Smith from Saldanha on ...

A probation officer who compiled reports on three convicted human traffickers, Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn has recommended a maximum sentence for the accused. Sentencing ...