South African Academy of Forensic Sciences

SAAFS is the professional body of the forensic sciences sector in South Africa

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Ready for @The_AAFS in Orlando & looking forward to a great programme! @IAFS @SAAFSciences @AFSA_African

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What does ‘back to basics’ mean for forensic science? Join us Thursday 24 Nov @ 13:00 (UTC+2) to hear Prof Claude Roux, @iafs2023 president, speak about this in context of the #SydneyDeclaration Register for our webinar at: https://t.co/MJGhhCeJNy #SAAFS

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Webinar Thursday 28 April 2022 @ 11:00 SAST (UTC+2). Proud to host Ms Evert from the @ICRC who will talk about the work & role of the #ICRC in forensic science. https://t.co/KJuDfaRD7j Click below to register for this free event. #ForensicScience #SAAFS

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Honoured to have Prof Ryan Blumenthal, the author of AUTOPSY speak at our webinar 29 Oct 2021. Autopsy: life in the trenches with a forensic pathologist in Africa. Register: https://t.co/MJGhhCebY0 #SAAFS #ForensicScience #ScienceWriting #BehindTheScenes

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Dr Michael Coble is speaking at our webinar on 26 Aug 2021. Title: Probabilistic Genotyping: A Paradigm Shift in Forensic DNA Mixture Analysis. Register: https://t.co/MJGhhCebY0 Do not miss this event! #ForensicScience #SAAFS #DNAevidence

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The South African Academy of Forensic Sciences (SAAFS) congratulates the AAFS with their new brand. @The_AAFS We support their slogan of “Promoting justice for all and integrity through FORENSIC SCIENCE”. #ForensicScience @CarlMcClary1

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Proudly presenting the new AAFS logo!

AAFS President @CarlMcClary1 addresses how our new logo visualizes the Academy rebrand and reflects our transition into the modern #ForensicScience world: https://t.co/la8dRXrNfj

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#SAAFSciences The South African Academy of Forensic Sciences (SAAFS) first webinar series starts today. Topic: ’Death Investigation in South Africa’. Our website is: https://t.co/hbDMXBroS2 #ForensicScience #ForensicStudents #Forensics #ForensicPathology

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SAAFS membership application is open! Apply via https://t.co/arJguznP3X Full-, Associate- and Student memberships are available. #SAAFS #ForensicScience

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Workshop concluded with healthy trans-disciplinary debate and inputs. Thank you for your attendance and contributions. #forensics #forensicscience

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Wollie Wolmarans and Cobus Steyl gave insights into the history and issues regarding physics & pattern recognition #forensics #forensicscience

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Dr Antonel Olckers just highlighted the status & future of Biology / DNA, as well as highlighting some of the challenges globally & nationally #forensics #forensicscience

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Johan Booysen just spoke about “An Investigators Perspective” of the forensic science sector #forensics #forensicscience

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Col Jaco Westraat talked about Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology

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Dr Pradish Rampersadh, CEO of SACNASP, explained how SAAFS can interact with SACNASP in future #forensics #forensicscience

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Prof Ryan Blumenthal highlighted challenges in forensic pathology in the South African context #forensics #forensicscience

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Dr Marise Heyns spoke about national landscape in education & training. High training standards are key #forensics #forensicscience

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Magistrate Arntsen spoke about what the Court expects from forensic scientists. Highly informative to SAAFS #forensics #forensicscience

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SAAFS 1st Workshop underway today #forensics #forensicscience

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In the next few weeks the SAAFS website will go live with pertinent information on how to become a member #forensics #forensicscience