World | apartheid Anti-Apartheid Crusader Suzman Dead Was one of few white South African pols to denounce segregation By Kevin Spak Posted Jan 1, 2009 1:26 PM CST Copied Winnie Mandela, left, then-wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, speaks with then Progressive Federal Party member Helen Suzman in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, in this 1986 file photo. (AP Photo/File) Anti-apartheid icon Helen Suzman has died peacefully in her Johannesburg home, her daughter announced today. She was 91. Suzman served in South Africa’s parliament at a time when few whites criticized apartheid, and for 13 years was the only legislator to publicly do so. She was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts. “She really was indomitable,” said a South African archbishop; the Mandela foundation called her “a great patriot.” Read These Next A new ransom demand arrives in the Nancy Guthrie case. Blame game over massive sewage spill is heating up. These lawmakers plan to boycott Trump's SOTU address. Pal planned to expose Epstein in 2016. Then Epstein found out. Report an error