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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Police Minister Bheki Cele says the DNA backlog at Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) is expected to be cleared in six months.<\/p>\n

Cele was speaking to journalists on Thursday following a visit to various KwaZulu-Natal police stations as part of the Ministers and Members of Executive Council activities.<\/p>\n

Cele said progress had been made at two of the country’s biggest DNA FSLs in Cape Town and Pretoria.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

He added they were reducing the outstanding backlog and was almost done with it.<\/p>\n

“We had given ourselves 18 months to address the backlog; the staff has given us six months, they anticipate the backlog to be resolved.”<\/p>\n

The police made a commitment last year it would vow to clamp down on gender-based violence cases and address the crippling forensic backlog of DNA samples which has been delaying justice for victims of violent crime.<\/p>\n

DNA backlog to be cleared within 3 to 6 months, says Western Cape police commissioner<\/p>\n

By September 2021, the backlog exceeded 240 000 cases.<\/p>\n

At the time, Cele said Pretoria had a backlog of 137 849 DNA tests while the figure for the Western Cape stood at 83 292.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Cele visited 10 police stations in KZN as part of the Police Station Focus approach.<\/p>\n

He said the stations were in the top 30 of the most crime-ridden areas in the country.<\/p>\n

“We will consolidate all the information of what we found at these police stations. We will be having a meeting with the police management on Friday to get a better understanding of what we can monitor from our side.”<\/p>\n

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