On Firm Ground
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During a heated exchange in the apartheid-era South African parliament, a senior government minister scolded Helen Suzman, then the lone member of the body that opposed the racially discriminatory system.
As a parliamentarian, Mrs. Suzman was a perpetual thorn in the side of the regime, frequently asking questions that exposed the horrors of apartheid, and traveling the world to expose its myriad injustices. “You put these questions just to embarrass South Africa overseas!” the senior government minister shouted.
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