Helen Zille

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Overview

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Helen Zille born Johannesburg, South Africa March 9, 1951. Politician and anti-Apartheid activist. As journalist, exposed murder of Steve Biko. Active in Black Sash End Conscription Campaign, 1983. Mayor of Capetown, 2006-09; Premier of Western Cape, 2009–present. Arrested for march against drug dealers, 2007. Called for sanctions on Mugabe regime of Zimbabwe, 2008.

Quotations

“Why are people on a legal and peaceful anti-drug march placed under heavy police surveillance, harassment and arrest?” (Sept. 9, 2007, in Politics Web, Feb. 9, 2011; photo The Right Perspective)