The Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) has collaborated with the Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (RPO) to tackle stock theft, which is one of the main obstacles to producers.
A recent visit to the Western Cape South African Police Services’ (SAPS) by the provincial ministry of community safety and policing Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) shows that the reduction in the DNA backlog is making steady progress.
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More than 200 cases of violent crimes, including rape and murder, have been struck off the court roll in the Western Cape due to incomplete investigations, some caused by delays in processing DNA evidence at the provincial SAPS forensic science laboratory.