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The DNA backlog at Forensic Science Laboratories that once stood at a whopping 241 000 has been reduced to 71 000.
At the same time, the government expects it to be cleared by January 2023.
This was the assurance given by Police Minister Bheki Cele during a media briefing by the inter-ministerial committee on gender-based violence and femicide on Monday.
Cele acknowledged the police's failures to meet its own initial deadline of clearing the backlog by October 2022.
“In the first quarter of the year 2021/22, in April, we had that huge DNA backlog of 241 000… since April, we have reduced that backlog to 71 000. We expect to complete the backlog by January 2023.
Police missed October target to clear DNA backlogs - but Cele says it will by done by January | News24
The DNA backlog at the Forensic Science Laboratories that stood at a staggering 241 000 in April has been severely reduced to 71 000 and is expected to be entirely cleared by January 2023.
