Helen Suzman, bright star in a dark chamber by Robin Renwick

When Robin Renwick was appointed British ambassador to SA in 1987, he formed a deep friendship with Helen Suzman. Now, drawing on her personal papers, Renwick sets out to capture the qualities of the woman who, in the face of the hostility of the apartheid regime, carve out a unique role for herself as an intrepid fighter for human rights, simple justice and the rights of prisoners an the disenfranchised majority.