By Newsbreak Producer South Africa's DNA backlog is crippling the justice system's ability to successfully prosecute perpetrators of rape. That's according to Sinikiwe Biyela, director of advocacy group, Lifeline in Pietermaritzburg. Today marks the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Earlier this week, Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed in the latest quarterly crime statistics that over 10-thousand rape cases were opened with the SAPS, between July and September this year. Cele says DNA backlogs had been reduced to 71-thousand from just over 240-thousand. However, Biyeal says the figures are not a true reflection of the challenges women and children face on the ground...

<p>By Newsbreak Producer South Africa's DNA backlog is crippling the justice system's ability to successfully prosecute perpetrators of rape. That's according to Sinikiwe Biyela, director of advocacy group, Lifeline in Pietermaritzburg. Today marks the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Earlier this week, Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed in the latest quarterly crime statistics that over 10-thousand rape cases were opened with the SAPS, between July and September this year. Cele says DNA backlogs had been reduced to 71-thousand from just over 240-thousand. However, Biyeal says the figures are not a true reflection of the challenges women and children face on the ground...</p>

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