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Here is a sample from Raenette Taljaard's article entitled "Viva Helen Suzman, Viva!".

"Some countries have the rare gift of the lives of spectacular individuals at different epochs of history and their national narratives. These individuals offer them examples, give the necessary voice to key issues confronting societies and, very often, sacrifice much en route to the changes that they inevitably seek. Most fundamentally rare individuals give examples that are relevant inter-generationally and that often break the barriers of space and time to inspire thousands across borders – both physical borders and the borders that may exist within countries or within the spirit of an artificially divided nation. This is one of the most powerful transcendent messages of the life of Helen Suzman. South Africa has been blessed by a generation of leaders – Nelson Mandela, Albert Luthuli, Walter Sisulu, O.R. Tambo and, yes, Helen Suzman – that have broken many, many barriers in fighting for a vision of a liberated South Africa. From very different spaces and corners of influence they made their indisputable contribution to our nation’s history."