David Barnes: From cancer survivor to sparking UCT's Neuroscience Institute

Although he spent years at the top of SA's financial services tree, co-founder of the mighty Coronation David Barnes always let others do the public stuff. So this is a rare interview, only the second with Barnes in more than two decades of engagement. In it he shares a deeply personal journey of how surviving a brain tumour sparked the creation of Africa's first Neuroscience Institute at his alma mater, the University of Cape Town. Housed in a previously derelict building in the world famous Groote Schuur hospital precinct, the Institute is a multi-disciplinary body which will address uniquely African challenges. It will also serving as a home for many of the continent's brightest medical minds, who have traditionally been forced to pursue their careers elsewhere. As you'll hear in the podcast, for Barnes this is an expression of gratitude and a way to pass it forward. One sure to serve generations of future Africans. - Alec Hogg