# The DA says Gauteng faces a shocking ten-year delay for toxicology reports in unnatural death cases. According to the party, families waiting for answers are stuck in limbo, unable to get justice or bury their loved ones. The backlog affects 140-thousand cases nationwide due to forensic lab failures, despite a 703-million-rand facility remaining unopened in Johannesburg. The DA’s Madeleine Hicklin urges Parliament to support grieving families and fix the system:
DA escalates 10-year delay in Gauteng autopsy toxicology reports to National Assembly [SOUND]
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