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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.92,0:00:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm here to recruit you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.06,0:00:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.56,0:00:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not in the sense that you're thinking.\NI know I'm a politician.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.71,0:00:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll save that for another day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.19,0:00:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here to try and encourage you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.46,0:00:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take up a leadership role\Nin public service
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.19,0:00:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your country and on your continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.33,0:00:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here to convince you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.38,0:00:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that your country\Nand your continent need you -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.39,0:00:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not later, not when you're older\Nand more experienced, but now -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.20,0:00:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that whether you realize it or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.80,0:00:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your country's politics\Nare going to be doomed to fail
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.44,0:00:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you're willing\Nto get involved right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.28,0:00:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my recruitment pitch \Ncomes with a single disclaimer:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.45,0:01:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I resigned from public office\N18 months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.64,0:01:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.12,0:01:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did it in order to take stock\Nof my time in office,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.99,0:01:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about the work that I had done,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.07,0:01:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to capacitate myself with skills,\Nknowledge, contacts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.55,0:01:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allies and experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.66,0:01:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to find a little bit of personal\Nand professional perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.82,0:01:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the best decisions\NI think I've ever made.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.16,0:01:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine that some time during the next\N18 minutes while I'm pitching you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.84,0:01:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.15,0:01:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, it's easy for you to say\NI should go into public service.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.25,0:01:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've already done it and you've left."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.60,0:01:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I hope I'll be able to convince you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.52,0:01:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, in fact, we all find ourselves\Nin exactly the same boat right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.91,0:01:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because being outside\Nof politics for 18 months
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.27,0:01:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has reminded me\Njust how important it is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.41,0:01:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just how much the political landscapes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.02,0:01:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my country and in your countries\Nand on our continent
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.61,0:01:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are truly lacking in good leadership\Nand political talent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.76,0:02:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I want to make a deal with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.61,0:02:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to return to active politics\Nunless you come with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.76,0:02:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.34,0:02:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to do it alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.30,0:02:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't go back unless I can convince\Nsmart, entrepreneurial, highly skilled,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.57,0:02:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talented, experienced \Nyoung Africans like yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.76,0:02:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and millions more like you\Nacross the continent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.49,0:02:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the best chance \Nthat our countries have,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.04,0:02:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just for survival\Nbut for lasting prosperity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.04,0:02:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if our most talented\Ncitizens step forward
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.05,0:02:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make themselves available,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.54,0:02:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either for political party, leadership\Nor for public service and government.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.23,0:02:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So over the next 16-or-so minutes\Nthat are remaining,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.95,0:02:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to alternately\Nflatter you, as I just have,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.89,0:02:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.78,0:02:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to challenge you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.07,0:02:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to talk to you\Nabout my experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.22,0:02:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a couple of facts and figures;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.78,0:02:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may even frighten you a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.73,0:02:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it'll be entirely worth it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.71,0:02:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that fear convinces you\Nof the urgency of the point in history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.40,0:03:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we find ourselves in today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.26,0:03:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything I say today will be\Nin service of a single objective:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.80,0:03:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convincing you, showing you,\Nthat your countries need you;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.21,0:03:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Africa's prosperity\Nmay depend on many things -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.47,0:03:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entrepreneurialism,\Nindustrial development,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.54,0:03:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health reform, social upliftment -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.57,0:03:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that all of these hinge
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.55,0:03:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon the success of politics\Nand government in our countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.56,0:03:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't begin a talk\Nabout public service, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.81,0:03:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without honoring my former\Npresident Nelson Mandela,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.24,0:03:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the father of democratic South Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.67,0:03:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.95,0:03:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Mandela passed away\Non this day in 2013.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.16,0:03:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really believe that\Nwhen the people of my country
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.55,0:03:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look back on the day that he passed away,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.27,0:03:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'll be seen as an inflection point\Nin South Africa's history.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.77,0:04:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day we decided whether we could,\Nindeed, go it alone without him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.74,0:04:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's written in those history books
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.58,0:04:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will depend entirely\Non whether this generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.27,0:04:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which includes all of you\Nsitting in this room,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.46,0:04:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizes that the time has come for us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.66,0:04:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take up the work\Nthat President Mandela left for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.07,0:04:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before that work is captured by people\Nwho would use power and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.01,0:04:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for empty vanity and personal gain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.98,0:04:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm referring, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.23,0:04:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the young man who was here\Nin London this very past week.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.67,0:04:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Defiling the name of the visionary leader,\Nthe intellectual and political strategist,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.05,0:04:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the formidable athlete,\Nthe Prince of the Abathembu nation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.51,0:04:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who served as a South Africa's\Nfirst democratic president.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.68,0:04:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The young man who tried to taint\NPresident Mandela's legacy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.82,0:04:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a few throwaway lines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.77,0:04:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all in service of getting \Ncheap headlines, which he got.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.71,0:04:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like this,\Nwho we leave public service to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.62,0:04:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we stay out\Nof the fray of public service,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.75,0:05:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the reason your country\Nand my country needs you and needs us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.37,0:05:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let us begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.64,0:05:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to first talk to you \Nabout the African diaspora.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.51,0:05:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may have heard\Nabout a study in 2013
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.35,0:05:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that revealed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.15,0:05:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cash transfers from Africans\Nliving outside of the continent
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.73,0:05:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have now begun to exceed donor aid\Nfrom foreign countries into Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.04,0:05:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.24,0:05:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2012, total remittances to Africa\Nstood at 60 billion dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.20,0:05:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while in the same year,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.34,0:05:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,official development aid\Nto Sub-Saharan Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.93,0:05:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totalled 44.6 billion by comparison.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.02,0:05:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this got me thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.10,0:05:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can do such great work\Nwith our money from outside of Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.84,0:05:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what can we do with our skills,\Nour talent, our experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.31,0:05:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our education and our passion\Nfor our countries and for our continent?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.30,0:05:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent the past semester\Nat the Harvard Kennedy School
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.02,0:06:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a fellow at the Institute of Politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.09,0:06:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ran a seminar which was called
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.52,0:06:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How to build a democracy?\NLessons from South Africa."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.64,0:06:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was also about Zimbabwe and Malawi.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.21,0:06:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't intended
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.31,0:06:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it seem like we got\Neverything right in South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.42,0:06:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was asking the critical question:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.52,0:06:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that we have this legacy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.16,0:06:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of peaceful transition,\Nof constitutionalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.48,0:06:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of difficult negotiations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.44,0:06:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were very, very difficultly gotten,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.36,0:06:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are we going to be successful\Nin entrenching that democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.47,0:06:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making it last into the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.18,0:06:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, one of the benefits\Nof being an African
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.83,0:06:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an academic setting like New England
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.05,0:06:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that other African students\Nreach out to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.76,0:06:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they want to talk to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.22,0:06:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of them express to you\Ntheir desire to enter public service.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.44,0:06:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had students knocking down my door,\Nwanting to talk to me in office hours
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.37,0:06:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the fact that they have\NGhanean parents
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.78,0:06:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they were born in Texas.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.17,0:06:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They really wanted to give back to Ghana,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.27,0:06:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're afraid that if they go home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.23,0:06:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody will take them\Nseriously as real Africans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.76,0:07:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had students who said they had families,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.90,0:07:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wives, children, husbands,\Npartners to take care of,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.83,0:07:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps they were better off\Nstaying in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.61,0:07:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and providing for their families back home
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.73,0:07:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than going back\Nand getting into public service.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.82,0:07:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This got me thinking\Nabout the question of skills remittance,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.43,0:07:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of talent remittance,\Nof social and political remittance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.32,0:07:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If these young people have the passion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.80,0:07:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give back to their\Ncommunities monetarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.20,0:07:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine how different\Nour politics would be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.98,0:07:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if those same skills,\Ninfluence, leadership, talent
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.10,0:07:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were put at work in service\Nof the public good.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.62,0:07:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that includes all of you in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.84,0:07:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because many of you\Nare also part of the diaspora.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.09,0:07:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here to recruit you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.69,0:07:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here to make a deal with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.10,0:07:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going back\Nunless I take you with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.61,0:07:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laugther)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.39,0:07:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know that most of you,\Nif not the vast majority of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.21,0:08:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are completely fed up, turned off,\Ndiscouraged, disgusted by politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.95,0:08:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either in your country,\Nin this country, all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.63,0:08:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps you are discouraged by the fact\Nthat governments are slow to deliver.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.00,0:08:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps they're inefficient. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.40,0:08:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps they are thoroughly\Ncorrupt and rotten to the core.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.27,0:08:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps they're responsible\Nfor conflicts that have claimed lives
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.69,0:08:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and livelihoods in the countries\Nfrom which you come.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.67,0:08:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why would you sink your time\Nand your energies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.96,0:08:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into such a compromised system?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.18,0:08:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most powerful analyses
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.81,0:08:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of conflict, inefficiency,\Ncorruption, stagnation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.37,0:08:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I've encountered\Nin recent months
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.50,0:08:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the question of a political economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.17,0:08:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a reason that our governments\Nare not performing as they should.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.62,0:08:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just because of\Na failure within the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.41,0:08:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider the political economy of conflict\Nand corruption in your own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.55,0:08:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it so difficult to overcome?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.95,0:08:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is making money or amassing power
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.02,0:08:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because things don't work\Nthe way they should?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.93,0:08:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does the back stop?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.82,0:09:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who has an incentive to keep\Nthe system dysfunctional?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.79,0:09:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how can we work together
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.72,0:09:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to overcome their\Ntotal infection of the system,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.98,0:09:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure that we don't lose our grip
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.54,0:09:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the very principle\Nof democratic governance?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.37,0:09:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer, I'm afraid,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.05,0:09:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you were born\Ninto this political time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.83,0:09:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is simply by taking over -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.71,0:09:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to get involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.85,0:09:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no way around it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.59,0:09:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to join political organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.71,0:09:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in numbers large enough\Nto influence change from within.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.30,0:09:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to actively seek\Nto take up a leadership role
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.40,0:09:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in government, in the state,\Nin the public service
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.72,0:09:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deftly but decisively move\Nits priorities to where they should be:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.69,0:09:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in the service of people who want\Nto amass power and money for themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.03,0:09:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to better the lives\Nof the highest number of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.73,0:09:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will always be government,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.57,0:09:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether we like it or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.65,0:09:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether we find it palatable or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.10,0:10:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there won't always be democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.72,0:10:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we ignore politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.38,0:10:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people who have been quietly\Nlobbying our governments
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.06,0:10:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prioritize development\Nahead of democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.23,0:10:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are the people\Nwho will have their way,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.58,0:10:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the systems that we now take\Nfor granted will dissolve before our eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.02,0:10:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was campaigning in South Africa\Nlast year for the 2014 general election,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.58,0:10:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the voter registration numbers\Nlooked a little bit like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.59,0:10:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six months before the election:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.54,0:10:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,23% of potential voters \Nin the 18-to-19-year-old age group
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.09,0:10:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were registered to vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.15,0:10:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the age group 20 to 29 years old,\N55% were registered.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.66,0:10:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from 30 upwards,\Nthe number varied from 79 to 100%;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.50,0:10:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, there were more people\Naged 80 and over who were registered
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.00,0:10:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than were in the census\Nnumbers in South Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.12,0:10:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.35,0:10:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fully 100% of people over a certain age
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.73,0:11:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consider voting to be\Nan indispensable right,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.43,0:11:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,21 years into democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.13,0:11:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do not shirk their responsibility\Nto register and turn out at the polls.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.94,0:11:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the 18-to-19-year-old age group -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.50,0:11:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we must remember 19 is\Nthe average age on our continent;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.51,0:11:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,26 is the average age in South Africa -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.90,0:11:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number is 23% to 55%.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.68,0:11:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the political economy\Nof voter apathy?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.23,0:11:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who benefits when we stay\Nout of the system?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.84,0:11:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who gets to keep the status quo
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.92,0:11:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and empower themselves\Nand enrich themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.24,0:11:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue to infect\Nour political system like a cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.07,0:11:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who banks by us continuing\Nwith the status quo?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.59,0:11:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now even as I say all of this to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.05,0:11:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that your country and your continent\Nneed you to enter public service,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.56,0:11:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that if you take up my challenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.48,0:11:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to face\Nhuge amounts of resistance -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.99,0:11:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all because of these political economies\Nthat I have just described.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.31,0:11:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.36,0:11:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told that I was too young.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.38,0:11:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was too female.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.81,0:11:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.83,0:12:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have enough experience
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.22,0:12:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though no one could define\Nwhat experience was enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.74,0:12:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had too much of a white accent;\NI wasn't a real African.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.45,0:12:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I straightened my hair and wore weaves;\NI wasn't a real African.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.04,0:12:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be honest
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.05,0:12:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the things that hold people back\Nfrom entering public service -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.33,0:12:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humiliation, degradation;\Nit's not an easy road -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.87,0:12:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of these things\Nshould illustrate to you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.68,0:12:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the extent to which\Nthe status quo is designed
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.13,0:12:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enrich and empower a few\Nat the expense of the many,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.18,0:12:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it should impart to you \Nthe urgency of you, as a generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.32,0:12:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of now getting involved in public service
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.01,0:12:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change that very culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.35,0:12:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you decide to enter public service,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.36,0:12:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may even be tempted to believe\Nsome of these criticisms.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.47,0:12:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're designed to keep you out;\Nthat's how gatekeeping works.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.68,0:12:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody is benefiting
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.40,0:12:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the absence of excellence\Nand disruption in politics and government.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.63,0:13:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these are challenges\Nthat have to be faced on.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.03,0:13:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no other route;\Nthere is no wishing this away.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.74,0:13:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the reason that your country\Nand your continent need you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.13,0:13:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this thing in politics in Africa;\Nit's called the "big man."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.10,0:13:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cult of personality - we've all heard\Ndifferent terminologies for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.29,0:13:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In South Africa, in particular,\Nthis entails waiting for a great person
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.64,0:13:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and save us from ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.97,0:13:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, we're waiting for\NCyril Ramaphosa or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.74,0:13:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or [inaudible] to come and save\NSouth Africa from itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.65,0:13:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save us from the mess \Nthat we find ourselves in
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.68,0:13:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that perhaps another big man put us in.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.24,0:13:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how can a single personality\Nbe held responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.83,0:13:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for building or for running\Na whole nation?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.51,0:13:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where do we turn when they fail?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.45,0:13:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we haven't cultivated any kind\Nof pipeline of energetic, young people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.58,0:13:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wanted to enter\Npublic service now or in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.57,0:13:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, critically,\Nwho can do the job better,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.08,0:13:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are we doomed to always have to choose
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.92,0:14:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between mediocrity and ego,\Nand mediocrity and ego?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.48,0:14:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that it?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.58,0:14:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that all our government will ever be?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.33,0:14:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or worse: Are we going to stand by\Nwhile presidents change constitutions
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.48,0:14:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can serve a third term\Nand a fourth term and a fifth term,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.98,0:14:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claiming that three million people\Nsigned a petition
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.99,0:14:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stating that they are the only person\Nwho can do the job?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.72,0:14:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.18,0:14:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that what we'll do?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.80,0:14:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there's a new energy
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.04,0:14:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around entrepreneurism\Nand innovation and growth
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.38,0:14:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Africa today.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.25,0:14:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that energy isn't going to translate\Ninto lasting prosperity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.01,0:14:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless we get our politics right.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.63,0:14:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Political leaders who are\Ngatekeepers of the status quo
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.82,0:14:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will claim that any success\Nis their success.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.91,0:14:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll centralize power,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.40,0:14:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'll demand that we all be grateful
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.75,0:14:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those little green\Nshoots of achievement,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.91,0:15:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they'll claim\Nthat nobody else can do the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.62,0:15:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll argue that development\Nmust come first, freedom can come later,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.48,0:15:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they are the best\Nbenevolent dictator to do the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.05,0:15:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll take your political voice from you\Nwhen times are a little bit good,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.28,0:15:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when times go bad,\Nthey will refuse to give it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.06,0:15:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no prosperity for our continent
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.80,0:15:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a vibrant, diverse,\Nand truly competitive politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.48,0:15:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,founded upon excellence, transparency\Nand commitment to the public good.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.12,0:15:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our politics will not have\Nany of these qualities
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.92,0:15:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless talented, young people,\Nthe best people,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.59,0:15:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,step forward at this moment\Nin Africa's history,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.64,0:15:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're emerging from that stereotype
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.72,0:15:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the dark continent,\Nthe hopeless continent,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.00,0:15:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and commit themselves to public service.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.48,0:15:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must run for office.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.55,0:15:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must work in the civil service.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.73,0:16:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must disrupt the political status quo.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.55,0:16:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must prevent the rush to the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.37,0:16:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really are the ones\Nthat you have been waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.99,0:16:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no great saviors\Nwaiting somewhere in the wings
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.64,0:16:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save us from future problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.14,0:16:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nobody who is waiting in the wings\Nto come and save us from ourselves;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.62,0:16:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's just us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.93,0:16:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not going back without you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.01,0:16:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.16,0:16:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, will you take up the challenge?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.33,0:16:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.35,0:16:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)