Bottlenecks hit drunk driving cases

This came to light when Safety and Liaison MEC Helen Sauls-August responded to a question by the DA's Bobby Stevenson in the legislature. In an official response, Sauls-August said the delays in obtaining 2871 blood test results in the Eastern Cape varied from six months to two years.

Outstanding blood test results were: 1087 for six months, 954 for one year, 577 for 18 months and 203 for two years.