Rapists roam free thanks to SA lab’s huge DNA testing backlog

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There is a backlog of 117,736 DNA samples at the government laboratory, which delays justice being served

For the parents of an eight-year-old girl from Gugulethu in the Western Cape, it has been a year of anguish as they want to see the man accused of raping her brought to book. But until DNA samples have been processed the court proceedings are in limbo and the accused on bail.

This case is among the backlog of 117,736 samples at the National Forensic Science Laboratory, something NGOs and crime experts said impacts victims receiving justice...If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.

 

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All the money allocated by the government for DNA testing has been looted

But they can do 45000 Covid tests in a day ?

Mainstream media completely failed to report the true facts of the so-called pandemic“Covid19 Crisis” is A Crime Against Humanity | German Corona Investigative Committee - Mandela would be extremely disappointed on how low we have sunk - Putting our Democracy on hold!

I’m also still waiting for my drinking and driving blood test results which were taken last year August 😂

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