Coetzee has painted many prominent Lawyers, Advocates and Judges, including some of international profile, such as Judge Richard Goldstone (Chief UN prosecutor in Yugoslavia and Rwanda) and Advocate George Bizos, who famously defended Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia trial in 1963. Bizos introduced Coetzee to Nelson Mandela during the latter’s Presidential years. Bizos wrote at length about Coetzee’s portraits of Mandela and Graça Machel in his memoir: “65 Years of Friendship”, Umuzi press, 2017.