Witkop Badenhorst
{{short description|South African Army general}}
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| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General
| name = Rudolf Badenhorst
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| birth_date = 1940
| death_date = 10 November 2012
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| death_place = George, Western Cape
| placeofburial = George, Western Cape
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| nickname = Witkop
| birth_name = Rudolph Badenhorst
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| branch = South African Army
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| commands = Chief of Staff Intelligence
| battles = Border War
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Lieutenant General Rudolf Badenhorst (1940{{cite book|last=Uys|first=Ian|title=South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992|year=1992|publisher=Fortress Publishers|isbn=0-9583173-3-X|url=https://archive.org/details/southafricanmili0000uysi|url-access=registration}}{{snd}}2012) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force. He died in 2012.{{cite news | url=http://m24arg02.naspers.com/argief/berigte/dieburger/2012/11/13/SK/8/skeugenegeneraal.html|lang=af|trans-title=Witkop Badenhorst dies | title=Witkop Badenhorst sterf | publisher=Naspers | newspaper=Die Burger | date=13 November 2012 | access-date=17 August 2015 | last1=Gunning|first1=Eugene}}
Military career
He served as {{em|Deputy Chief of the Army}} from 1 November 1987 In 1989 he was appointed to the Military Intelligence Division as the {{em|Chief of Staff Intelligence}}, a post he held until 1991.{{cite book|last1=O'Brien|first1=Kevin A.|title=The South African Intelligence Services: From Apartheid to Democracy, 1948-2005|date=2011|series=Studies in Intelligence Series|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-84061-0}}{{rp|Chp4}} Badenhorst left the army at his own request retiring in early 1991 after 30 years of service.{{cite news | url=http://m24arg02.naspers.com/cgi-bin/rapport.cgi?cs=iso-8859-1&q=Witkop&ch=http:%2F%2F152.111.1.87%2Fargief%2Fberigte%2Frapport%2F1998%2F04%2F19%2F1%2F10.html&fm=off | title=Generaal se boek sal kartetse los. | publisher=Naspers | newspaper=Rapport | date=19 April 1998 | access-date=17 August 2015 | last1=Strydom|first1=Johan|lang=af}}
Death
Badenhorst died on 10 November 2012 of pneumonia and heart failure at the George-Medi-clinic in George, Western Cape. He had outlived his wife Ina by less than a month and is survived by four children and eleven grandchildren.
Awards and decorations
- {{MilAward Desc|SSAS|x25px}}
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- {{MilAward Desc|SAM|x25px}}
- {{MilAward Desc|GSM|x25px}}
- {{MilAward Desc|GoodServiceG|x25px}}
- {{MilAward Desc|GoodServiceS|x25px}}
- {{MilAward Desc|GoodServiceB|x25px}}
References
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{{s-bef | before = Andries P Putter }}
{{s-ttl | title = Chief of Staff Intelligence| | years = 1989{{ndash}}1991}}
{{s-aft | after = Joffel van der Westhuizen }}
{{s-bef | before = Jan van Loggerenberg }}
{{s-ttl | title = Chief of Staff Operations| | years = 1988{{ndash}}1989}}
{{s-aft | after = Koos Bisschoff }}
{{s-bef | before = Dirk Marais }}
{{s-ttl | title = Deputy Chief of the Army| | years = 1987{{ndash}}1988}}
{{s-aft | after = Len Meyer }}
{{s-bef | before = Johannes F Janse van Rensburg }}
{{s-ttl | title = Chief of Army Staff Logistics| years = 1982{{ndash}}1987}}
{{s-aft | after = Deon Mortimer }}
{{s-bef | before = Deon Mortimer }}
{{s-ttl | title = OC Infantry School| | years = 1976{{ndash}}1979}}
{{s-aft | after = Wessel Kritzinger }}
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Category:South African Army generals
Category:South African military personnel of the Border War
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in South Africa
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