FEATURE: #Witsie4Life
ALEXANDER RAWHÁNI BDS 2010, MSc Dentistry 2016
What Wits allowed me to do was develop patience, persistence, to handle pressure and coming out the other side
Alexander Rawháni is the perfect example of a “polymath”. He is a jeweller, celebrity dentist, rapper, couturier and youth activist. What better ambassador for Wits’ energy and edge than this self-made New Age metrosexual? Graduating in dental science in 2010 and prosthodontics in 2016, Alexander has developed an abundance of skills. He’s always worked with his hands and sees cosmetic dentistry as an art. He approaches teeth the way an architect would. Or a painter. Or a poet. He brings an entrepreneurial spirit, nurtured by his parents from a very young age, to everything. “I’ve always grown up with this entrepreneurial side because my parents didn’t just buy me what I wanted. They said ‘go and make it, go and figure it out’.” Celebrities flock to Alexander for dental care, he has over 90 000 followers on Twitter and he is known around town as Doctor Smile. His first rap album, 13, has just dropped. “I am very present at Wits still, every day. I’m connected either because l am a student at the language school, or because l teach a few dentistry subjects.” Alexander gives Wits his time and talent as an educator, a Zulu language student and community role model. Without doubt, he's a #Witsie4Life.
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