Mr Speaker, I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the late Helen Suzman on her revered role in opposing apartheid. [Applause.] She, in the predecessor to the DA, stood up to the National Party in Parliament and defended the rights of all South Africans.
This is why the late Chief Albert Luthuli, a great leader of the ANC, lauded her in the letter dated 6 May 1963, and I quote:
I take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation and admiration for your heroic and lone stand against a most reactionary Parliament. I mostly congratulate you for your untiring efforts in a situation that would have frustrated and benumbed many. Forever remember that you are a bright star in a dark chamber where lights of liberty of what is left are going out one by one. The appreciation covers your contribution since you entered Parliament as a member of the Progressive Party. Not only ourselves, your contemporaries, but also posterity will hold you in high esteem.
I thank you. [Applause.]