As a president he never did things for publicity, he did them because they needed to be done. Little is it known that the same day that he had comforted the family of a black girl shot "accidentally" by a while farmer, he'd taken a helicopter to the home of a dying 12-year-old white African girl, who was suffering of leukaemia, whose dream was to meet him. Its amazing that a politician today has managed to free himself from his schedule and grant a dying girl's wish without making publicly known (learn to question). As president of South Africa, Mandela was committed to the principles of Western democratic parliament system. He did however, address the dilemma of how involve traditional tribal leaders in the political structure (Hagemann 1995:152). He was described as a strong personality by his colleagues.
