JOHANNESBURG - There's been an increase in the number of missing children reported this year.
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Latest figures show that a child goes missing every five hours in South Africa.
One case that has received significant publicity is that of Joshlin Smith.
It's 10 months since the seven-year-old went missing from her Saldanha Bay home in the Western Cape.
Criminologist and National Coordinator for Missing Children South Africa, Bianca van Aswegen discussed this with eNCA.