I-Forensic Science Laboratory iyehluleka ukuhlola ubufakazi be-DNA emacaleni abucayi

I-Forensic Science Laboratory iyehluleka ukuhlola ubufakazi be-DNA emacaleni abucayi

Kudalulwe ePhalamende ukuthi iKwaZulu-Natal Forensic Science Laboratory yaqala ukusebenza ngoFebhuwari 2026, kodwa ayikafinyeleli ezingeni eliphelele lokuhlola ubufakazi be-DNA emacaleni abucayi, okubalwa kuwo amacala okudlwengula kanye nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane nezingane, i-GBVF.

NgoMeyi 2026, uProf Firoz Cachalia, oyiBamba likaNgqongqoshe wamaPhoyisa, watshela iPhalamende ukuthi ngokolwazi olunikezwe yiSouth African Police Service (SAPS), le laboratory yaseKZN yayisisebenza kusukela ngoFebhuwari.

Nokho, uCachalia wachaza ukuthi ukukwazi kwe-laboratory ukwenza umsebenzi ophelele we-DNA emacaleni abucayi kusancike ekuthengweni nasekufakweni kwemishini edingekayo.

Lokhu kusho ukuthi nakuba isikhungo sesiqalile ukusebenza, ezinye izinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze kwandiswe amandla okuhlola ubufakazi be-DNA bezingakafinyeleli ezingeni elidingekayo.

Udaba lolu lubaluleke kakhulu emacaleni okudlwengula kanye namanye amacala e-GBVF, njengoba ubufakazi be-DNA bungadlala indima ebalulekile ekuphenyweni kwamacala nasekuxhumaniseni abasolwa nobugebengu.

Impendulo kaCachalia iphinde yaveza inselelo ebhekene nohlelo lwezobulungiswa: ukuba khona kwe-forensic laboratory akusho ukuthi zonke izinsiza zayo sezisebenza ngokugcwele.

Ukuthengwa nokufakwa kwemishini efanele kuzoba yingxenye ebalulekile ekutheni iKwaZulu-Natal ikwazi ukukhulisa amandla ayo okuhlola ubufakazi be-DNA, ikakhulukazi emacaleni abucayi afana nodlwengulo kanye ne-GBVF.

Lezi zindaba ziza ngesikhathi iNingizimu Afrika iqhubeka nokubhekana nenkinga yamacala odlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane nezingane, okwenza ukuthi ukutholakala kwemisebenzi esheshayo nephumelelayo ye-forensic science kubhekwe njengengxenye ebalulekile yokulwa nalobu bugebengu.