| Intro | South African military personnel |
| Is | Military personnel |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Military |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 7 February 1942, Kroonstad, Moqhaka Local Municipality, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, South Africa |
| Age: | 78 years |
| Star sign | Aquarius |
Lieutenant General Christoffel Pierre “Joffel” van der Westhuizen is a South African Army general from the artillery, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force from 1991 – 1994.
Military career
He served in the artillery as a junior officer. As a brigadier, he served as the OC Eastern Province Command in 1983 – 1987. GOC Witwatersrand Command in 1987 – 1990. He served as Deputy Chief of the Army in 1990 until he was appointed to the Military Intelligence Division in 1991 as the Chief of Staff Intelligence, a post he held until 1994. He went on early retirement in 1994.