1 173 unidentified bodies lying in Gauteng mortuaries Share Johannesburg - Gauteng mortuaries had 1 173 unidentified bodies last year. A further 120 bodies that had been identified were buried as paupers and no one claimed them. This was revealed by the Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi in a written reply to the DA’s Jack Bloom’s questions in the Gauteng Legislature. Mokgethi said the Germiston mortuary had 400 unidentified bodies followed by the Johannesburg mortuary with 169 bodies. There were 103 bodies at the Diepkloof mortuary, 131 at the Sebokeng mortuary and 117 at the Pretoria mortuary. He said that every year the number of bodies handled by the Gauteng Forensic Pathology Services increased.