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Cops making great strides in coming to grips with DNA backlog By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - The police management have confirmed that they have made “great strides” to overcome the backlog in DNA testing while the system to track and trace forensic exhibits was now fully up and running. Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo said that followed a reported "disappearance" of millions of forensic exhibits at the National Forensic DNA Database due to the Property Control and Exhibit Management (...

Gender-based violence DNA samples being prioritised, says SAPS Updated Sibahle Motha Share this: The South African Police Services has given an assurance that DNA samples required for court cases linked to gender-based violence are being prioritised. Pexels The announcement by police comes after forensic exhibits in the National Forensic DNA Database  due to the Property Control and Exhibit Management (PCEM) system “disappeared” after being shut down by the service provider in June 2020....

Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni Picture for illustration purposes: iStock/ipopba   A mother of five weeps silently, unable to finish the sentence, "My children were shot while they were sleeping." Mymoenah Henson, 49, was woken up one evening in 2019 by her sister, shouting: "They are busy shooting our children in the house." Two assailants had entered their house in Westbury, Johannesburg, threa...

Net closing in SIU probe into Master’s Office By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share Cape Town - The net is closing on those who were found by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the wrong side of the law in the affairs of the Office of the Master of the High Court. The Office of the Master of the High Court is the subject of an SIU investigation after President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the corruption-busting body to probe allegations of maladministration, corruption and fraud in its country-wi...

iStock More than R250 million has been set aside for the police to clear a massive DNA testing backlog. This will include the processing of the National Prosecuting Authoritys priority cases. In November last year, Police Minister Bheki Cele told the Portfolio Committee of Police that the backlog amounted to 117 738 cases. More than R250 million has been allocated toward efforts to clear a DNA testing backlog. National police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili said the R250 million would be a...

Action Society lodges complaint with Public Protector on DNA backlog Siyanda Ndlovu Picture: iStock Accuses the police service of misleading Parliament and South African citizens about the backlog in the police’s Forensic Science Laboratory. Civil rights group Action Society has announced that it has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector (PP) against the SAPS and considering other legal options as the backlog of unprocessed DNA tests approaches the 200,000 mark. The group has sin...

iStock The police will have a fully functional system to keep track of its case exhibits by 6 April. The previous system was switched off last June after a payment dispute between the police and the supplier. The portfolio committee was concerned about the accuracy of the information provided to it by the police. After almost 10 months, the police will finally have a fully functional system to keep track of its case exhibits by 6 April. The previous system – the Property Control and Exhibit M...

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