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Coetzee
Coetzee () is an Afrikaans surname. It is the tenth most common family name in the Republic of South Africa. Origin Unlike many other popular South-African family names, which can often be unambiguously traced back to English, Dutch, or Huguenot French, the origin of the name Coetzee is unclear. It is known that it dates back to the person Dirk Coetzee who came to Cape Colony from Kampen in Netherlands in the 17th century. Dutch linguist Jan-Wouter Zwart states the guess, in an informal essay, that it derived from the common Dutch name Koetsier, guided by the pronunciation. Notable people with the surname "Coetzee" * Allister Coetzee (born 1963), South African rugby coach * Angeline Coetzee, doctor who individuated Covid-19 Omicron variant * Basil Coetzee (1944–1998), South African musician * Clem Coetzee ( – 2006), Zimbabwean conservationist * Danie Coetzee (born 1977), South African rugby union footballer * Dirk Coetzee (1945–2013), co-founder and commander of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrie Coetzee
Gerhardus Christian Coetzee (born 8 April 1955) is a South African former professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1986, and in 1993 and 1997. He was the first African ever to fight for, and win, a world heavyweight championship, having held the WBA title from 1983 to 1984. He holds notable knockout wins against WBA world heavyweight champion Michael Dokes and former unified world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, as well as a draw with future WBC world heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas. One of Coetzee's nicknames, "The Bionic Hand", came about because of persistent troubles with his right hand, which required the insertion of several corrective items during three surgeries. His Afrikaans nickname was "''Seer Handjies''", or "Sore Little Hands", named so by fellow South African boxing great Kallie Knoetze. Professional career Rise to championship contention Coetzee started boxing professionally on the night of 14 September 1974, when he beat 19 fight veteran and fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allister Coetzee
Allister Coetzee (born in Grahamstown, Makhanda) is a South African rugby union coach and former player, currently in charge of the Namibia national rugby union team, Namibian national team on a part time basis, whilst also head coach of Rugby Rovigo Delta, Rugby Rovigo in Italy. He served as the head coach of the South Africa national rugby union team, South African national team from April 2016 to February 2018. Personal Coetzee is the uncle of Kevin Luiters, a scrum-half (rugby union), scrum-half with the . Playing career Coetzee has been involved with rugby since 1974 – he spent 22 years as a player before retiring at the age of 33 in 1996. Prior to the unification of different rugby union governing bodies in South Africa, he represented South African Rugby Union (SACOS), SARU, playing as a Scrum-half (rugby union), scrum-half, between 1985 and 1991 and was captain of their side between 1988 and 1991. He was a Junior Springbok in 1992 and played Currie Cup rugby for bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Coetzee
Ryan Nicolas Coetzee (born 8 January 1973) is a South African politician and political strategist, who served as special adviser to Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nick Clegg and was the 2015 General Election Director of Strategy at Liberal Democrat HQ. In 2016, he was director of strategy for the campaign for the UK to remain in the EU. He previously served as a Member of South Africa's Parliament between 2004 and 2008, as CEO of South Africa's official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance between 2004 and 2009, and as the party's general election campaign chief in 2006, 2009, and 2011. He served as chief adviser to Western Cape Premier Helen Zille between 2009 and 2012. Background Coetzee holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Higher Diploma in Education, both from the University of Cape Town. Career in politics South Africa In 1997 Coetzee was picked by DP leader Tony Leon to head up the party's parliamentary operations at the age of 24. Leon subsequently noted C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivaldo Coetzee
Rivaldo Roberto Genino Coetzee (born 16 October 1996) is a South African professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa national football team, South Africa national team. A graduate of the Ajax Cape Town academy, Coetzee made his professional debut in 2014 at the age of 17 and made just under 100 appearances for the club. In 2017, he won the club's Player of the Season award before signing for Mamelodi Sundowns later in the year. He is also a full international and, upon making his international debut in 2014, became the youngest player ever to represent South Africa at the age of 17 years and 361 days, though this record has since been broken by Fagrie Lakay. Club career Ajax Cape Town Coetzee is a product of Ajax Cape Town's youth academy, having joined the club at the age of 15. He made his first team debut at the age of 17 in February 2014 and won the club's Player of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Coetzee
Basil "Manenberg" Coetzee (2 February 1944 – 11 March 1998) was a South African musician, perhaps best known as a saxophonist. Biography Coetzee was born in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa. Mountain Records describes Coetzee thus: His distinctive raunchy tenor sound and the untiring commitment to his cultural roots made him one of the best known jazzmen to come out of South Africa. He earned the nickname "Manenberg" after the hugely successful collaboration with Dollar Brand in the late seventies. Basil toured and recorded extensively with Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim). Together with Robbie Jansen they created the unique brass sound of the group The Pacific Express inspiring many younger cape jazz musicians in Cape Town. He is probably best known for his recording work with Abdullah Ibrahim (previously known as Dollar Brand). Ibrahim recorded his composition " Mannenberg" with Coetzee – it became an enormous hit in the townships and impressed musicians as the recording is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Coetzee
George William Coetzee (born 18 July 1986) is a South African professional golfer. He has won five tournaments on the European Tour and 13 on the Sunshine Tour, where he has also topped the Order of Merit on two occasions. Early life Coetzee was born in Pretoria and matriculated from the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool in 2004. He started playing golf when he was 10 and won the first junior tournament he ever played in, shooting 49 in 9 holes. He finished 4th and 8th in the Callaway Junior World Championship in San Diego, where he attended the University of San Diego for one semester. He turned professional in 2007. Professional career Having turned professional, Coetzee joined the Sunshine Tour in 2007. He claimed his first win during his rookie season, in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event at Selborne. His second and third wins came a year later at the SAA Pro-Am Invitational, and the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event at Humewood. He earned a European Tour card for the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danie Coetzee
Danie Coetzee (born 2 September 1977 in Harrismith, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at hooker, and he has played for the Springboks. He played for the Bulls in the international Super 12 competition as well as the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, and played for London Irish for five seasons between 2005 and 2010, retiring in 2010. Coetzee made his international debut for South Africa on 6 July 2002 in a match against Samoa at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, which the Springboks won 60-18. In June 2003 he played in two tests against the Scottish in South Africa, which were both won by the Springboks. He subsequently played in the following test against Argentina in Port Elizabeth in which he scored a try. After playing in the 2003 Tri Nations Series against Australia and the All Blacks, he was included in the Springboks 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He then played in four World Cup matches in Australia. He played in two end-of-year tes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Coetzee
Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee (c. 1975 – 7 December 2010) was a South African outdoorsman and author. He was killed after being taken by a crocodile in December 2010. Coetzee gained prominence in 2004 leading a Nile River source-to-sea expedition, following in the path of John Goddard's expedition. The expedition set off from Lake Victoria in Uganda on 17 January, reaching Khartoum on 25 March and the Mediterranean Sea at Rosetta on 21 May. The purpose of the trip was to draw attention to the humanitarian situation in the region in partnership with CARE. Following claims that the expedition had not begun from the true source of the Nile, Coetzee's party undertook a further journey from Kagera to Lake Victoria in April 2005, adding 750 km to the 6700 km they completed in 2004. Coetzee was leader of an expedition going from the source of the White Nile into the Congo at the time of the attack. The trip was the first-of-its-kind kayaking expedition from the White Nile and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 extra judicial 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. The younger Coetzee also worked for the postal service before becoming an investigator in 1969. Career Starting out as a constable in 1972, he rose through the ranks, and advanced his cause on secondment with the Rhodesian Armed Forces. He was promoted to captain in the security police and, in 1980, became the first commander of the secret police base on the Vlakplaas farm near Pretoria. In 1981, he was "assigned" to the murder of Griffiths Mxenge. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Coetzee
Felix Coetzee (born 7 March 1959 in Durban, Natal Province, Union of South Africa) is a South African three-time champion jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. Felix Coetzee is the son of a KwaZulu-Natal trainer and his grandfather was an owner-trainer. As a fifteen-year-old, Felix Coetzee attended the Jockey Academy at Summerveld then served his apprenticeship with his father's racing stable. At age sixteen, he scored his first significant win, riding Kentford to victory in the 1975 Clairwood Winter Handicap. In 1982 he signed on with renowned Cape Town trainer Terence M. Millard with whom he was associated until his retirement in 1991. Career During his career, Felix Coetzee has led all South African jockeys in wins three times and has won numerous important South African races. At Greyville Racecourse, he won the country's premier race, the Rothmans July Handicap three times, and the Gold Cup a record-equaling seven times. Coetzee is also a five-time winner of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Coetzee (swimmer) . In 2018, Coetzee won bronze medals in the Men's 50m Butterfly and 4x100 medley relay at the Commonwealth Games.
Ryan Coetzee (born 12 August 1995) is a South African swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues. References |
Maureen Coetzee
Maureen Coetzee is a medical entomologist, specialising in African malaria vector mosquitoes for over 40 years. She is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. She is a consultant in the World Health Organization 's Global Malaria Programme. She obtained her Doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand. A subgenus of the Aedes mosquito, ''Coetzeemyia'', was named after her. Also a genus of bacteria strongly associated with malaria mosquitoes, '' Coetzeea'', was named after her. Professor Coetzee has published over 190 peer-reviewed scholarly articles. Awards and honors * The Kwame Nkrumah Science Award, (2011) References External links Maureen Coetzeeon ResearchGate ResearchGate is a European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
