Joslin Smith Trial: Psychic Trashes Renz For Spewing ‘Lies’ Amid Testimony, Quizzes McKenzie’s Role

Joslin Smith Trial: Psychic Trashes Renz For Spewing ‘Lies’ Amid Testimony, Quizzes McKenzie’s Role

  • A US psychic has zoned in on Lourentia Lombaard, the State's star witness in the Joslin Smith disappearance trial
  • Kandis Starr shared being sceptical about the testimony Lombaard has been leading in the Western Cape High Court
  • Starr, who in 2024 claimed that she had made contact with Joslin's spirit, also speculated about Gayton McKenzie

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Medium claims Renz untruthful amid Joslin Smith trial testimony, drops McKenzie bomb
US psychic Kandis Starr, who has been vocal on the Joslin Smith case since the start, has expressed scepticism over Lourentia Lombaard's testimony. Images: @kandisstarr, AyandaNdamane
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Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist and the Head of Current Affairs at Briefly News. He reported live from President Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration and has written articles on politics, crime, courts, accidents, and topics including sports at The Herald and Opera News SA over several years.

SALDANHA BAY — Not all are buying into the testimony of former accused-turned-witness in the Joslin Smith disappearance trial, Lourentia Lombaard.

Proceedings at the Western Cape High Court, sitting as a circuit court in Saldanha Bay, continued into a twelfth day on Tuesday, 18 March 2025.

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Spirit medium examines Renz's testimony

After three days in the witness box, Lombaard, testifying as the prosecution's star witness in the case, concluded her evidence-in-chief on Monday.

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The presiding officer, Judge Nathan Erasmus, ordered that she would return for the defence's cross-examination, while several more State witnesses testified.

Lombaard's evidence included claims that Joslin's mother, Kelly, who stands accused of kidnapping and human trafficking alongside her boyfriend, Jacquin Appollis, and their friend Steveno van Rhyn, sold the little girl to a Sangoma.

She detailed the events leading up to 19 February 2024, when Joslin disappeared from the Middelpos informal settlement in Diazville.

Since then, the trial has garnered significant attention, both in SA and globally.

An American psychic, Kandis Starr, who's been vocal about the case from the start, shared in late 2024 that she believed Joslin was dead, having been killed by someone she knew, and had contacted her spirit.

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Now, as the case unravels, Starr, who dismissed Renz’s claims of Kelly Smith selling Joslin to a Sangoma (traditional healer), homed in on Lombaard's testimony. The US medium rubbished her evidence and claimed Renz — the nickname she goes by — was lying to cover up the truth.

According to Starr, the reality was far more ominous.

In a YouTube video, she claimed Lombaard's body language, which she described as nervous and characterised by shifty eyes and breaking eye contact, were possible signs she was being untruthful.

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She said:

"I don’t believe she [Lombaard] was there, and I don’t think Kelly was there. I believe that Kelly does think something happened to Joslin. [However], she isn't completely sure [because she was high on drugs]."

Kandis also questioned Renz’s clean appearance, contrary to her dishevelled look in March 2024, when she was first arrested alongside the accused on trial.

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"Who is sponsoring this lady because that [seems to be] what is happening here? ... How do you go from complete poverty to [having your] hair [and] make-up done, [and sporting] new outfits?" said Starr.

She also speculated about Sports, Arts and Culture Minister, Gayton McKenzie's proximity to the case.

"Has anyone looked at Gayton [yet], and where he gets his money? Here, in the US, it's all believed to be alleged illegal dealings."
Medium claims Renz untruthful amid Joslin Smith trial testimony, drops McKenzie bomb
A US spiritual medium has offered their opinion on the State's star witness Lourentia Lombaard's evidence in the Joslin Smith disappearance trial. Image: @ZimojaL
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Tshepiso Mametela (Head of Current Affairs Desk) Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is the Head of Current Affairs at Briefly News. He was a mid-level reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a general reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops organised by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism, including crime and court reporting. Email: tshepiso.mametela@briefly.co.za