Police clearance and visas

Hi all, I recently got accepted to my dream uni in Belgium (yay!) and now I’m beginning the visa process. Unfortunately I wasn’t thorough enough with my research regarding my visa process and only realised today that SAPS takes 6-8weeks to process a PCC lately. (Online I had read that it was 15 days so I was really chill about it.)
6-8weeks + 4-6weeks for DIRCO + 2-6 weeks for visa approval is cutting it too close to September which is when the school year begins…

Can anyone who has done their police clearance from Cape Town recently please let me know what your experience was and if i should just chill? Or, please let me know if I should rather consult with one of those agencies?

The entire moving process is expensive enough and I just need to justify spending R4k on a document. For now Ive decided to wait a week and see if it even arrives in Pretoria, otherwise I will fork out however much I need to get things moving.