Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman
Helen Suzman, DBEwas a liberal South African anti-apartheid activist and politician...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 November 1917
years law people
The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young people are properly qualified.
home government years
Perhaps the one comforting thought I got out of this whole disgusting affair was that over the years when the government was tapping my telephone, it must certainly have heard some home truths from me about themselves, often couched in good Anglo-Saxon terms.
years careers numbers
My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career.
ask life possible questions today
That's my life in there. It would never be possible today to ask as many questions as I did.
criticisms
For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one.
entirely future whites
I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic.
communist party quite shows tool
Tool of Communist agitators... it's really a joke, isn't it? Because, quite clearly, we are a party of real moderates. It just shows how little they understand.
opponents people
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.
people
I don't think we will ever go the way of Zimbabwe, but people are concerned.
sometimes conditions manage
Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.
jobs white people
It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the future.
teach
When you teach, you learn.
civilization white skins
[To the South African parliament:] I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white skin with civilization.
thinking impact america
I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that.