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Plan to prioritise DNA tests for urgent court cases, NPA

Pretoria - The backlog of DNA tests crucial for the prosecution of criminal cases has doubled in the past two years in Gauteng, rising from 20 132 in 2019/20 to 46 595 in the 2020/21 financial year.


This is according to Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko, who was responding to an oral question posed by the DA MPL, Michael Shackleton, in the legislature.


Read more here https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/gauteng-dna-backlog-doubles-in-past-two-years-e8c06136-8cb3-41cb-8382-655b4bddd276

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