Dirk Coetzee
South African police officer and whistleblower (1945–2013)
Dirk Coetzee (15 April 1945 – 7 March 2013) was co-founder and commander of the covert South African Security Police unit based at Vlakplaas. He and his colleagues were involved in a number of extrajudicial killings including that of Griffiths Mxenge. Coetzee publicly revealed the existence of the Vlakplaas death squads in 1989, making himself a target of a failed assassination attempt. Early life. Coetzee was born in April 1945 in Phokwane Local Municipality. His father was a postal worker. Coetzee matriculated in 1963 and joined the South African Postal Service in January 1964. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Coetzee
Dirk Coetzee (15 April 1945 – 7 March 2013) was co-founder and commander of the covert South African Security Police unit based at Vlakplaas. He and his colleagues were involved in a number of extrajudicial killings including that of Griffiths Mxenge. Coetzee publicly revealed the existence of the Vlakplaas death squads in 1989, making himself a target of a failed assassination attempt. Early life. Coetzee was born in April 1945 in Phokwane Local Municipality. His father was a postal worker. Coetzee matriculated in 1963 and joined the South African Postal Service in January 1964.
