Garth JAPHET

Biography

Garth Japhet was born into a family of lawyers in Johannesburg, South Africa. He received his medical degree in 1987 during his native country’s apartheid era. Because he did not share the prevailing segregationist notions, Garth chose to help those around him. However, after several years in practice, he concluded that prevention is often the best medicine.

After a long period of soul searching, Garth Japhet decided to take matters into his own hands and educate South Africans on a variety of issues such as AIDS, domestic violence, malnutrition and asthma. He chose an unusual vehicle in order to do so: the media. He communicates his message through radio, television and newspapers, mainly through the series Soul City.