Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth, those who care for and protect our people.

It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.

I pay tribute to the endless heroism of youth.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

But in Johannesburg I found that many of the most outstanding leaders had never been to university at all.

Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.