Safura Abdool Karim

Safura Abdool Karim is a senior researcher and health lawyer at the South African Medical Research Council’s Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science

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Bail could be the key to reducing severe prison overcrowding

Coronavirus Safura Abdool Karim - 14 May 2020

More than a quarter of prisoners have not been convicted of anything, they just couldn’t meet bail requirements

Pepsi’s Pioneer acquisition is not healthy

Article Safura Abdool Karim - 27 Feb 2020

The move may provide a short-term economic boost, but it also has long-term health costs

ANC KZN conference invalid: What happens next is up to the party

Article Safura Abdool Karim - 13 Sep 2017

On Tuesday the High Court in Pietermaritzburg handed down a judgment declaring that the provincial conference in November 2015 was unlawful.

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Explainer: Breaking down the implications of the #StateCaptureReport

Article Safura Abdool Karim - 3 Nov 2016

Given the resource and time constraints placed on the Public Protector, some issues were earmarked for investigation at a later date.

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[Archives] Why the Hawks don’t have a case against Pravin Gordhan

Analysis Safura Abdool Karim - 25 Aug 2016

It's difficult to follow exactly what Gordhan is being accused of, or if he is even being accused of anything.

Press Releases

Special Reports

SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs

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Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria to reopen on Heritage Day

special reports - 22 Sep 2020

The new, drive-through sculpture exhibition brings to four the number of exhibitions of iconic African and South African art

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recycling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs