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Prof Karim puts 'monstrous' Morningside building under the microscope


Prof Karim puts ’monstrous’ Morningside building under the microscope
By Mervyn Naidoo
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Durban - He leads the country’s scientific war against the Covid-19 pandemic, but Professor Salim Abdool Karim has also availed time to join a long-running legal fight to fell a high-rise Morningside building, regarded as a “monstrosity” by some.
A “bulky” nine-storey development on 317 Currie Road, which “dwarfs” surrounding buildings and blocks out some affected residents’ iconic city and ocean views, is what prompted Prof Karim to file a joinder application with the Durban High Court recently.
Save Our Berea (Sob), a civic rights group, and three other applicants were the ones who took exception with the Currie Road development and accused the eThekwini Municipality of using fraudulent means to rezone the building site and approve plans. ....

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