{"id":227617,"date":"2020-01-18T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227617\/brits-family-continue-to-wait-for-answers-as-inquest-is-postponed\/"},"modified":"2020-01-17T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T15:28:09","slug":"brits-family-continue-to-wait-for-answers-as-inquest-is-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/18\/brits-family-continue-to-wait-for-answers-as-inquest-is-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Brits family continue to wait for answers as inquest is postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celia Brits died in the Life Roseacres Hospital in March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Following her death, the state opened an inquest to determine which incidents resulted in the cause of death and whether anyone should be held responsible.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The inquest proceedings are underway in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court, and last Tuesday the second half of the inquest was due to begin, after being postponed last Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>However, the inquest, which is being overseen by Magistrate M Dawray, was postponed once again.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The next court date agreed on for the inquest to continue was February 19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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