Which years was anti-apartheid campaigner a member of the South African parliament?”
Helen Suzman in 2003. For years she was the highest-profile white critic of apartheid. Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Getty Images Europe Helen Suzman, who waged a lonely campaign against apartheid in South Africa’s parliament for more than a decade, has died at the age of 91. Her daughter, Frances Jowell, said she died peacefully this morning at her home in Johannesburg, and a private funeral would take place this weekend. Jowell added: “We are waiting for family and all grandchildren to arrive.” For 13 years, from 1961 to 1974, Suzman was the sole representative in parliament of the liberal Progressive party, and her opposition to apartheid made her a thorn in the flesh of the National party government. She became known as a “cricket in the thorn tree” for her outspoken views. She was regularly jeered in parliament with taunts such as “Go back to Moscow” or “Go back to Israel” – a reference to her Jewish family. Her arch-rival, President PW Botha, described her as “Mother Superior” in s
Anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman dies at 91 Progressive party MP spent a decade as sole parliamentary opponent to old South African system Helen Suzman, who waged a lonely campaign against apartheid in South Africa’s parliament for more than a decade, has died at the age of 91. Her daughter, Frances Jowell, said she died peacefully this morning at her home in Johannesburg, and a private funeral would take place this weekend. Jowell added: “We are waiting for family and all grandchildren to arrive.” For 13 years, from 1961 to 1974, Suzman was the sole representative in parliament of the liberal Progressive party, and her opposition to apartheid made her a thorn in the flesh of the National party government. She became known as a “cricket in the thorn tree” for her outspoken views. She was regularly jeered in parliament with taunts such as “Go back to Moscow” or “Go back to Israel” – a reference to her Jewish family. Her arch-rival, President PW Botha, described her as “Mother Supe
