I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true.

She visited Nelson Mandela on numerous occasions while he was in prison and was present when he signed the new constitution in 1996. She studied as an economist and statistician at Witwatersrand University. At age 19 Helen Suzman married Dr Moses Suzman (died 1994) who was considerably older than Helen Suzman was; the couple had two daughters.

Helen Suzman DBE (7 November 1917 – 1 January 2009) was a liberal South African anti-apartheid activist and politician.