Background
Haarhoff was born in 1944 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, then part of the Cape Province.
Haarhoff was born in 1944 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, then part of the Cape Province.
He is a naturalized citizen of Namibia. He wrote his first poem in 1955 and has been published numerous books He was also a professor of English at the University of Namibia.
As of 2004, he worked in the creative writing department at the University of Cape Town.