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Frene Ginwala Quotes

1932–2023 South Africa

Frene Noshir Ginwala (25 April 1932 – 12 January 2023) was a South African journalist and politician who was the first speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. She was influential in the writing of the Constitution of South Africa and an important figure in establishing democracy in South Africa.

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A case of one step forward and two steps backward.

Parliament is televised and people will watch it, and if they can see their leaders sitting in parliament there will be an identification.

I am ashamed of the poverty around us, the growing difference between rich and poor and the despair that leads people to tear down and burn what little they have.

I’m not, I’m accountable to parliament and to the South African public.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frene Ginwala (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.