{"id":57654,"date":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=ee03ab56eafe476fb6ca15bb723bea7e"},"modified":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:00:00","slug":"cabinet-pleased-with-clearing-of-dna-testing-backlog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/cabinet-pleased-with-clearing-of-dna-testing-backlog\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet pleased with clearing of DNA testing backlog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Cabinet says it is pleased the South African Police Service (SAPS) has nearly cleared the DNA testing backlog at its forensic service laboratories.<\/P><P><\/P><P>Addressing a Post Cabinet media briefing held in Pretoria on Thursday, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said this breakthrough will ensure that gender-based violence-related cases are speedily resolved.<\/P><P><\/P><P>\u201cThe SAPS has also added additional DNA testing capacity with the completion of a forensic laboratory in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, which will ease pressure on the existing laboratory in the Western Cape,\u201d Gungubele said.<\/P><P><\/P><P>Briefing the media on the latest crime statistics recently, Police Minister Bheki Cele said the SAPS has successfully cleared the DNA testing backlog at its forensic service laboratories, and this has resulted in the solving of thousands of gender-based violence-related cases.<\/P><P><\/P><P>Gungubele said government condemned the persistent cases of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) and continues to intensify its fight through several interventions.<\/P><P><\/P><P>\u201cThese include extensive legal reform, the establishment of a GBVF Response Fund, and support for Thuthuzela and Khuseleka Care Centres, which provide vital services for GBV survivors.<\/P><P><\/P><P>\u201cFurthermore, partnership that government has forged with civil society, business, development partners, the faith-based sector and other sectors to work together to deal with the scourge of GBVF, remain critical,\u201d Gungubele said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/P><P><\/P><P>Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P><P><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet says it is pleased the South African Police Service (SAPS) has nearly cleared the DNA testing backlog at its forensic service laboratories.Addressing a Post Cabinet media briefing held in Pretoria on Thursday, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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