Here’s my gripe: In our South African society people by virtue of their status as a doctor, lawyer, chartered accountant and wealth expect respect on the basis of their academic acquirements or financial status. The latter is no indication of morality, integrity, trustworthiness and any such other attribute.
1. Dr Dinesh Singh. A psychiatrist was found guilty of unprofessional conduct by the HPCSA for having a sexual relationship with his patient. He would have sex with his patient when she came to see him for her appointment in his office. Dr Singh the psychiatrist was diagnosed as having a bi polar disorder;
2. Dr Omar Sabadia, a psychiatrist got one of his patients Patrick Manyapi to murder his wife Zahida Sabadia;
3. An advocate Cezanne Visser was convicted of sex crimes against children;
4. A former Old Mutual financial broker by the name of Francois du Plessis was convicted of fraud.”With Du Plessis in the dock was co-accused Elmarie von Willigh, a former director of the company Capital Commitments. She had possession and control of all of Du Plessis' files pertaining to Old Mutual insurance policies and investments in shares. Von Willigh was found guilty on 41 counts of theft, 22 of fraud, six of money-laundering and one involving the uttering (presentation) of a forged document. “
5. Dr Rush is still regarded as the father American psychiatry, but look at what crazy ideas he had: “DR. BENJAMIN RUSH, American physician, held to the view that Blacks derived their skin color from a condition called Negritude. When cured of this condition, wrote Rush, the skin of the victim would turn white.”
6. “DR. HENRY COTTON treated psychotic patients with gastrointestinal surgery and by extracting teeth. 43% of his patients died. Upon his death, the American Journal of Psychiatry hailed his work as "an extraordinary record by one of the most stimulating figures of our generation.”
7. “DR. JOHN NATHANIEL ROSEN developed a technique for treating schizophrenic patients that involved slapping them. In 1971, he received the Man of the Year Award from the American Academy of Psychotherapy”
8. “Dr JOHN ORPIN, psychiatrist, was convicted and jailed for six years for sexually assaulting female patients during bizarre hypnotic therapy sessions.”
9. “Dr HARVEY LOTHRINGER: In 1962, this psychiatrist killed a 19-year-old college student and tried to hide the crime by cutting her up with a scalpel and power saw and flushing her down the toilet in his Queens, New York home. He pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter but as late as 1996 was still working in a professional capacity in Florida, a member once again of the American Psychiatric Association.”

10. “Dr FREDERICK APTOWITZ: Paid a patient $3,000 to plant explosives under the car of a former employee who was suing him for sexual harassment.”
11. “Dr BERT POTTER: This New Zealand psychiatric nurse was jailed for 7˝ years for sexually abusing his own children.”
12. “Dr EDWARD PATRICK HOUSTON: Senior psychiatrist in Australia was sentenced to 3˝ years in jail for exchanging drugs for sex with a prison inmate under his care.”

13. “Dr OLAVO MACHON: British psychiatrist convicted of plotting to smuggle heroin into great Britain. Machon worked at the drug dependency unit at London's St. Thomas Hospital, caring for heroin and cocaine addicts.”

14. “Dr JAMES HARRINGTON WHITE: This Orange County (California) psychiatrist was charged with and convicted of forced sodomy of a male patient. White was found to have drugged young men and then videotaped himself having sex with them.”
15. Dr Benjamin Spock, aleading child psychologist, wrote tons of books about how to bring up your children. His son committed suicide!
My personal favourite, for all you women out there looking for a rich guy from a reputable family, I’ve got just the guy for you! A guy your parents will be proud of!!! His father a judge and his family owns a clinic. He’s also a millionare and I can assure you he’ll take you for a ‘hell’ of a honeymoon in Cape Town!!! Shrien Devani
Now, I’m not disparaging all these professions, I’m merely saying that qualifications and wealth isno indication of morality, integrity, trustworthiness and any such other attribute.