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Monday, November 25, 2024

Doctor Randall Ortel: from the taxi to medical school

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Good things come to those who wait. Patience is a virtue and probably even better when you work hard to get what you deserve. Randall Ortel is a doctor from Manenberg who drove taxis to support himself at medical school. Today he works as family medicine specialist at Groote Schuur Hospital and specialises in the occupational health clinic. Smile Breakfast gave him a call:

In his spare time Randall enjoys educating his 42 thousand TikTok followers with videos in ways they can understand.

@dr.randallortel Not all taxi drivers are BAD – some of “US” are working on a DREAM or GOAL in life…#drrandallortel #fypシ #tiktoksouthafrica🇿🇦 #familyphysician #foryoupage #fyp #viralvideo #viral #viraltiktok #coloured24sev7n #afrikaans #taxi #taxidriver #medicaldoctor #manenberg #afrikaanstiktoks #greenscreen @Radio Tygerberg 104FM @Mr Charles 👨‍🎓 @Dr. Randall Ortel @Dr. Randall Ortel ♬ Big Dreams – Bow Wow

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Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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