Wesley Petersen on Muck Rack

Wesley Petersen

Verified
Cape Town
As seen in: Eyewitness News, KFM 94.5, CapeTalk
News Anchor. Proud father. Blessed husband. @ewnreporter @capetalk @kfmza
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Wesley

Contact Wesley, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Joshlin Smith's traffickers denied leave to appeal their convictions, sentences.

|
By Wesley Petersen Verified
| buff.ly
CAPE TOWN - A mother and two others accused of selling her young daughter to a sangoma have been denied leave to appeal their convictions and sentences. In May, Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Apollis and his friend, Steveno van Rhyn, were handed life sentences for human trafficking and ten years for kidnapping. This is after the court accepted the state's version that they had sold then six-year-old Joshlin Smith for R20 thousand rand in Saldanha Bay in February last year.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?

As storms batter WC, schools in Cape Winelands and Overberg to remain closed on Friday

|
By Wesley Petersen Verified
| Eyewitness News Verified
Wesley Petersen11 July 2024 | 13:23 Education MEC David Maynier the decision to keep some schools closed had been taken with learner and teacher safety in mind. Western Cape Western Cape Education Department (WCED) Flooding Picture: © teka77/123rf.com CAPE TOWN - Due to an intense cold front, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has confirmed that schools in the Cape Winelands and Overberg education districts will remain closed on Friday.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

DA welcomes reports Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula could be arrested for corruption

|
By Wesley Petersen Verified
| Eyewitness News Verified
Wesley Petersen21 March 2024 | 13:12 On Tuesday, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) raided her Johannesburg home amid allegations she accepted R2 million from a contractor during her tenure as defence minister. Democratic Alliance (DA) Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula FILE: National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/X CAPE TOWN - The Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed reports that Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula could soon be arrested.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?
See all 24 articles
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified