While the national DNA backlog stands at nearly 40,000 sexual offences, currently at the SAPS forensic laboratories across the country, the Western Cape Government plans to eradicate their backlog entirely before the end of the year. Also read: New state-of-the-art Forensic Pathology Institute to open in the Cape On 24 August, the backlog at provincial laboratories stood at 25,290 but has … Continue reading WC SAPS Laboratory aims to eradicate forensic backlog by 2023