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Why Did I Become A Doctor South Africa

Almost Became a Doctor. Instead, He Became One of SA's Most Influential Judges. | Judge Dennis Davis

26 July 2026 · 51:02 · Episode 48

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He walked into medical school. Two weeks later, he walked out. What followed was a career that would shape South African law for decades — from drafting the Competition Act to chairing the Davis Tax Committee, from a TV show he did entirely for free to a bench appointment he didn't even want. Judge Dennis Davis grew up in a working-class Jewish family in Cape Town — his father a motor mechanic, his mother a legal…

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