It is abundantly clear that Sue is a distinguished part of the second category of constant and value-driven leaders. A mutual friend, the late Kader Asmal, titled his biography, Politics is in my blood. So it is with Sue. Her participation here in Parliament when she was first sworn in as a member on 15 January 1996, her appointment as the Parliamentary Counsellor to President Mbeki, in 2001, her appointment as Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, her time on the backbenches thereafter and her work in the ANC are characterised by her love for politics, characterised by her clear sense of honour and purpose.