Johannesburg - Local entertainers are planning a benefit concert named “Bring Him Home” in support of Professor Cyril Karabus, pictured.
Karabus, 77, of Claremont, was granted bail in an Abu Dhabi court on October 11. He paid R240 000 to the court, to be held as bond.
A specialist paediatric oncologist, Karabus was arrested on August 18, while in transit in Dubai to South Africa, from his son’s wedding in Toronto, Canada.
Organised by Ivor Joffe and Karabus’s lawyer Michael Bagraim, the concert to raise money for Karabus’s legal fees will be produced by Joffe and directed by Deb Newman Jardine. It will include music, dance and comedy entertainers Beverley Chiat, Nik Rabinowitz, Lindy Abromowitz, Zola, Mambazo African Choir and Herzlia Vocal Ensemble.
“Due to the trial his legal expenses are exorbitant,” Joffe said.
Karabus was detained at Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi Central Prison, on charges of manslaughter and falsifying documents. The charges relate to the death of a girl he had treated for leukaemia in 2002 while working in Abu Dhabi. He was convicted in absentia.
His son, Michael, said yesterday his father was “doing well now he is out of the stressful environment” of jail.
The concert will be held at the Baxter Theatre on November 4 at 7pm. Book at Computicket. Tickets cost R180. - The Star