DNA backlog set to be erased by January
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the DNA backlog is expected to be erased by January next year.
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Police Minister Bheki Cele says the DNA backlog is expected to be erased by January next year.
The Authority of the National Forensic Oversight and Ethics Board (DNA Boarrd) was grilled by members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee (PPC) on police to answer questions about its contradictory statistics.
Amnesty International South Africa has called on Police Minister Bheki Cele to give a clear outline of the DNA backlog of gender-based violence and femicide-related cases.
Gauteng Police commissioner Elias Mawela says the much publicised DNA processing backlog at the country’s forensic science laboratories remains a challenge to the fight against gender-based violence, but he adds other resources are being channeled to ensure police can respond to cases.
A rape suspect who was freed because of delays in DNA analysis at the police forensic laboratories raped and murdered an 11-year-old child nine months later.