Former president, Thabo Mbeki says the youth of the African continent should prepare themselves for a rebellion against their older generation, and claim their leadership role.
Addressing the Youth 21 global leadership forum in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, Mbeki said two thirds of the continent's population was the youth, and that in 2045 they would be the leaders responsible for the two billion projected continental population.
He said the new generation should define its unique and historic contribution to their societies' development, otherwise it ran the risk of betraying its mission, which would condemn the continent to "the out-dated views of the older generations."
Mbeki said the continent's future depended on achieving the objectives in the African Youth Charter of "peace and security, democracy and good governance, economic growth and development and gender equality.
