At least 96,875 rapists, murderers and sex offenders were released and we don’t have their DNA on file. The president and two ministers have 30 days to fix a catastrophic forensic DNA legislative blunder. Without convicts’ DNA, a high number of related criminal cases are never going to be solved.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister of Police Bheki Cele have been given 30 days to fix a legislative blunder that saw the release of more than 96,000 convicted offenders on parole without their DNA being added to a national database set up to improve crime-fighting – and specifically to assist in solving gender-based violence cases and cold cases.