Police Oversight and Community Safety
With respect to the SAPS letter (reference: 26/3/13/4) in relation to the Forensic Science Laboratory in the Western Cape:
(a) What was the DNA backlog in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March, (iv) April, (v) May, (vi) June, (vii) July and (viii) August 2022, (b) what progress has been made in hiring the additional required personnel to increase the laboratory’s capacity and (c) what is the laboratory’s current output in percentage terms?
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