Izak Johan Haarhoff left his small home town to study medicine at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha, where, as a white Afrikaans male, he overcame cultural and language barriers to embrace his new home. During the course of his studies, he was diagnosed with cancer, was temporarily paralysed in a bus accident, and faced the loss of six loved ones.
Haarhoff details his inspirational story to Daron Mann and tells of the tremendous support he received at the university that enabled him to graduate despite all the obstacles in his path to finally becoming a medical doctor.
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