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.

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate.

To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.

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.

Young people must take it upon themselves to ensure that they receive the highest education possible so that they can represent us well in future as future leaders.