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I want South Africans to look at Rwanda, also look at Zambia and China for how they are getting it right! Simply put,
China has only one problem and this problem is the 1.4 billion population of its citizens. They are saying we need to do
2 things for these 1.4 billion people. We must give them jobs and the economy must grow on a sustainable basis. That
found its way into policy of the National Command Council of the Communist Party.

It finds its way into the strategy of the country. It informs China’s foreign policy. China looks at you and say are you going
to help me solve my 1.4 billion people problem. And if it’s not doing that, they are not interested because they are
simply saying for us to give jobs to these 1.4 billion people what resources do we need? That’s what informs the foreign
policy. Let me come to Singapore.

Lee Kuan Yung looks at this and says guys we are on our own. He embarks on a strategy that does only three things.
One is meritocracy. Two is pragmatism. Three is honesty. That’s all. They didn’t even have fresh water to the island of
Singapore. It came from Malaysia. In 40 years, Singapore propelled itself into the top five highest per capita income
countries in the world. By 2030 it will be the highest per capita country in the world. Rwanda, on the 27th of April 1994,
when we were voting, 800,000 Tutsis were massacred by the Hutus. At the end of that month a million were dead.

Today, you go to Kigali, the capital, you’ve got free Wi-Fi in buses and it’s clean. The President led a campaign of
cleaning Rwanda. And they still do so every Saturday. South Africa needs ethical and visionary leadership. Transparent
leadership. It needs, finally, accountable leadership, one of if you messed up, you own up and you must be fired.

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