Helen Suzman was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician. She represented a series of liberal and centre-left opposition parties during her 36-year tenure in the whites-only, National P
Suzman in the late 1950s
Suzman with the breakaway Progressive Party's House caucus in 1960. This was prior to the disastrous 1961 election that left Suzman as the sole parliamentarian opposed to apartheid for 13 years
Western Boulevard in Cape Town was renamed Helen Suzman Boulevard in 2011.
The Democratic Alliance is a liberal political party in South Africa, sitting on the centre to centre-right of the political spectrum. It has been the second-largest party in the country since its fou
Helen Suzman
…Africa Died 1 January 2009 (aged 91) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Party United Progressive Progressive Reform Progressive Federal Democratic Democratic Alliance Spouse Moses Suzman Children 2 Relatives Janet Suzman (niece) Alma mater University of the Witwatersrand Signature Helen Suzman (née Gavronsky; 7…
Newspaper with headline about the DA's leadership change, in a Cape Town Woolworths, in February 2026
Cape Town City Hall, the meeting place for the DA-controlled Cape Town City Council, was lit up in blue and yellow (the colours of the Ukrainian flag) in solidarity with Ukraine in following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.