Renier Coetzee


Brigadier-General Renier Johannes Coetzee is a General Officer in the South African Army.

Military career

Gen. Coetzee served in 32 Battalion and then in the South African Special Forces, for a long time as the Chief of Staff of the South African Special Forces Brigade. He commanded 5 Special Forces Regiment at one stage, and served in the Mavinga area during Operations Moduler, Packer and Hooper. From mid-1987 to mid-1988, he was stationed at divisional headquarters, north-west of Mavinga in Angola. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 2014.
Col. Coetzee was embroiled in a controversy about the use of body armour by SANDF soldiers in the Central African Republic during the Battle of Bangui. He has spoken as an expert on the utilisation of the SANDF Special Forces as a force multiplier in the SADC region.

Awards and decorations

Medals

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