I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches.

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.