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Helen Suzman Foundation

Type: Company

Name: Helen Suzman Foundation

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Time for SA to change course or face decay

THERE comes a time in the life of every society for it to change course or move inexorably towards a state of decay and decline. Such a time has been upon us several times since the advent of democracy and is now upon us once again.As a people, in what ... [Published BDlive - May 13 2013]

Entities: Helen Suzman Foundation, Calvinism, South Africa

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Nelson Mandela

Imperfect legacy of two sides’ political heroes

THERE is no doubt that the landing of an Indian UFO (unidentified flying object) at Air Force Base Waterkloof last Tuesday was the story of the week.But what I found to be just as disturbing are the quarrels over the legacy of Helen Suzman and the brouhaha ... [Published BDlive - May 06 2013]

Entities: Helen Suzman, Apartheid, African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, Ruth First

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Don’t rush to judgment of striking teachers

WHEN I was a child, there would be days when a teacher would give me a note and tell me to take it to my parents. It was always with a sense of trepidation that I took the notes.But, to my surprise, my parents never gave me a hiding after reading them ... [Published BDlive - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Apartheid, Education, Helen Suzman Foundation

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

A parable on prostitution, photographs … and plants

I WAS like a child in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Space allowing, I would be treating you to a gluttonous feast of political stories because last week was a great political week. Like I said, space is an issue. I will, therefore, limit myself to ... [Published BDlive - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, Democratic Alliance, Zwelinzima Vavi, African National Congress

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Democratic Alliance

Helen Suzman foundation responds to ANC 'misunderstanding'

Foundation says remarks that Suzman didn't take any real action against apartheid reveal a misunderstanding of the value of parliamentary politics.'If the ANC came along and used the same photograph, showing Nelson Mandela embracing Helen (Suzman), I ... [Published Mail & Guardian Online - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: African National Congress, Helen Suzman, Apartheid, Democratic Alliance

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

African National Congress

Insight: Bad ANC behaviour: the media ‘made them do it’

LAST Wednesday was the 20th anniversary of the death of Chris Hani. As we have come to expect when such commemorations happen, when African National Congress (ANC stalwarts pass on or when “lectures” are delivered in the name of iconic figures such as ... [Published Daily Dispatch - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: African National Congress, Chris Hani, South African Communist Party (South Africa), Aubrey Matshiqi

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

South African Communist Party (South Africa)

Bad ANC behaviour: media made them do it

LAST Wednesday was the 20th anniversary of the death of Chris Hani. As we have come to expect when such commemorations happen, when African National Congress (ANC) stalwarts pass on or when "lectures" are delivered in the name of iconic figures such as ... [Published BDlive - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: African National Congress, Chris Hani, South African Communist Party (South Africa), Congress of South African Trade Unions

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...article that was published on several platforms, Antonie put up a persuasive argument in defence of Suzman’s legacy, but along the way averred that "in the early days, her party was in favour of a franchise based on certain basic educational and property qualification. It was never one qualified by race." First, the idea of a qualified franchise is an example of the kind of paternalism that was part of white liberalism at the time...

Imperfect legacy of two sides’ political heroes [Published BDlive - May 06 2013]

"The commissioner treats the Guptas cordially but he’s agnostic about their status. He would not have gone to bat for that family, but for him to be asked to assist a group of travelling Indian dignitaries with landing at Waterkloof would have been another day at the office" the source said

Who will take the fall for Guptagate? [Published Mail & Guardian Online - May 06 2013]

...records Helen Suzman's "magnificent battle against apartheid" and, as recently as 2007, in a letter on her 90th birthday, he reiterated that her "role in the struggle against apartheid and in the building of democracy was an extraordinary one - one not easy to forget, and one that should never be forgotten" . I therefore trust I am not alone in believing that Mr Mothapo has misrepresented Helen Suzman's contribution...

Mothapo on Suzman and apartheid: The HSF's reply [Published Politicsweb - May 02 2013]

According to Undercover Sister, there was a collective sigh of relief when Olivier said: "It (calling Thatcher a prostitute) implies that they (sex workers) are collectively at par with the reactionary Thatcher rather than members of the working class." Some people in northern England still don’t know whether to agree with Olivier or not...

A parable on prostitution, photographs … and plants [Published BDlive - Apr 22 2013]