Backlog of forensic DNA testing samples now sitting at over 208k
12 May 2021 10:20 AM
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Police Minister Bheki Cele says he hopes the police forensic services will be functioning normally within 18 months.
Police Minister Bheki Cele states that the national backlog in the forensic testing of DNA samples now stands at more than 208,000.
In March the backlog was around 173,000.
Minister Cele has told the National Assembly that the South African Police Services (SAPS) is currently doing all it can to clear the backlog.
Currently, the backlog at our Forensic Science Laboratory stands at 208,291 cases.
Police Minister Bheki Cele
Over 61,000 of these have been received by the laboratory but have not been analysed. Over 36,626 are DNA-related and 82,000 of these are cases related to gender-based violence and femicide.