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Prof Karim puts âmonstrousâ Morningside building under the microscope By Mervyn Naidoo Share Durban - He leads the countryâs 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 âmonstrosityâ by some. A âbulkyâ nine-storey development on 317 Currie Road, which âdwarfsâ surrounding buildings and blocks out some affected residentsâ 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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