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The South African Police Service’s Forensic Science Laboratory is in turmoil as the DNA case backlog surpasses 140 000, with infrastructure failures at the core of the issue. 🚨#DNABacklog #SAPS #ForensicCrisis
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Tomorrow morning we discuss the SAPS DNA backlog crisis and why it is so extremely important to resolve! Join us at 06:15 on eNCA #DNAbacklog #SAPS
8️⃣ Enough is enough. South Africans deserve a justice system that works. The DNA backlog is a crisis that must be fixed now. SAPS must be held accountable. #DNAbacklog
7️⃣ DNA is not just another bureaucratic process—it is the key to justice. When SAPS fails to process it, justice is stolen from victims, and criminals are handed a free pass. #DNAbacklog
6️⃣ I will formally request the Auditor-General of South Africa (@AuditorGen_SA) to conduct a full forensic audit. The public deserves to know who is responsible for this failure and what must be done to fix it. #DNAbacklog
5️⃣ Some DNA evidence has taken over 10 years to even be captured in the system. How many criminals have walked free because of this? How many more will? This is a national disgrace. #DNAbacklog
4️⃣ There is no excuse. Universities with forensic capabilities have offered to help, but SAPS refuses to use them. Leadership is ignoring solutions while the backlog grows every day. #DNAbacklog
3️⃣ SAPS promised to fix this in 2021. Instead, service contracts for forensic equipment have expired, tenders remain unrenewed, and critical instruments sit unused because of mismanagement. #DNAbacklog
2️⃣ Justice delayed is justice denied. With DNA evidence sitting in a backlog, cases go cold, victims lose hope, and repeat offenders continue attacking more people. The system is failing those who need it most. #DNAbacklog
1️⃣ DNA is critical in sexual offence cases. For many survivors, it is the only evidence that can prove a crime took place. Without timely processing, cases are thrown out of court, and offenders walk free. #DNAbacklog
📌Thread📌What you need to know about the @SAPoliceService #DNAbacklog and why it is critical:
🚨 The SAPS DNA backlog has exceeded 140,000 cases. This isn’t just a number—it means thousands of criminals remain free while victims are denied justice. Here’s why this is a disaster. #DNAbacklog
“Cele boasted that the historic #DNAbacklog of 251 000 in 2021/22 was eradicated. We know that this is untrue. Four-year-old Mia Botha went missing from a playground close to her home on 25 September 2022, 508 days ago today, and was found brutally murdered in Nederburg, Paarl a day later, on 26 September 2022. No arrests have been made and the forensic investigation is still incomplete,” says Action Society's to @IanCameron23.
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Action Society has now followed up with the Office of the Public Service Commission (OPSC) about their investigation into the ongoing #DNAbacklog crisis that continues to hinder many cases, leaving victims and their families going years without justice.
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“More than 80 murders are recorded in South Africa every day, but only 14,5% of them are solved. One of the reasons that the conviction rate is so shockingly low, is because of the massive #DNAbacklog,” says Action Society's @IanCameron23.
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PRESS RELEASE || Action Society slams SAPS over 6 week DNA backlog because of tender delays.
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How devastating if this is the case? Such hard work put in by so many stakeholders to reduce the #dnabacklog - if this is true it will have a profound effect if not remedied immediately
1/6 JUST IN: @ActionSocietySA just heard that the SAPS (@SAPoliceService) have done almost no DNA processing in forensic labs in the last 6 weeks. The #DNAbacklog is thus building up again! This is because they have not bought the necessary supplies needed for the biology labs.
Following years of hard work in trying to resolve the #DNABacklog within @SAPoliceService through @ParliamentofRSA I am disappointed to be informed that many of the same issues are raising their head again. I have written to the National Police Commissioner to demand answers
1/6 JUST IN: @ActionSocietySA just heard that the SAPS (@SAPoliceService) have done almost no DNA processing in forensic labs in the last 6 weeks. The #DNAbacklog is thus building up again! This is because they have not bought the necessary supplies needed for the biology labs.
“Minister Bheki Cele keeps thinking that South Africans are stupid and cannot see when he is going about the truth creatively,” said @IanCameron23, the Director of Community Safety at Action Society.
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The Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, has been caught lying about the DNA backlog yet again, just as Action Society predicted.
https://t.co/1DtxscxqbG #DNAbacklog #CeleMustGo
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