As a child, his parents fled Rhodesia to settle in Canada and the United States during the Rhodesian Bush War. The family then moved back to their native Zimbabwe in 1980 and then to neighbouring South Africa in 1987. He was schooled at Michaelhouse in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, where he matriculated from in 1992.
His childhood was marked by his parents' relocation from Rhodesia to Canada and the United States during the Rhodesian Bush War. The family subsequently returned to Zimbabwe in 1980 and then moved to South Africa in 1987. He received his education at Michaelhouse in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, where he graduated in 1992.