Her supporters see her as a strong-willed woman who worked her way up through male-dominated Afrikaner society to become the most powerful woman in Southern Africa; her opponents and critics view her as a cold-blooded tyrant who isn’t afraid to use violence against her opponents to achieve her goals. She is personified by one brutal act caught on live television and broadcast around the world, but has since clawed her way back out of political oblivion to once again become a force to reckon with in Transvaal society.