Otsile Nkadimeng on Youth Apathy, Political Manifestos, and Finding a "Messiah"

"My generation is looking for our Messiah—which is problematic, because there is no Messiah coming."

Otsile Nkadimeng (Executive Chairman of So We Vote) joins Palatable Politics to unpack why his generation is so disengaged from politics. He explains how coming of age during state capture and "junk status" created a deep pessimism and a search for a "Messiah" that isn't coming. From a practical breakdown of party manifestos (DA vs. Action SA, EFF, MKP) to why the security cluster is "captured," this conversation is a must-watch for understanding the youth vote.

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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Why politics? "The world feels like a dumpster fire"
02:15 - Who is Otsile Nkadimeng?
03:55 - How high school debating started it all
05:14 - The origin of "So We Vote"
07:52 - What So We Vote does
09:15 - Comparing party manifestos: "High plagiarism score"
10:04 - Why DA and Action SA are "almost identical"
11:19 - The Left: EFF and the confusing MKP manifesto
13:17 - Explaining: Left, Right, and Center
20:35 - What issues matter to the youth?
22:14 - The 13 million missing youth voters
23:14 - "SA's most dysfunctional era" (Zuma, State Capture)
25:17 - Why youth might prefer dictatorship
26:24 - "My generation is looking for our Messiah"
29:06 - "You are the one you've been waiting for"
29:23 - What political system works best?
30:38 - The ideal model: Singapore + Nordic countries
33:56 - Should SA return to traditional leadership?
38:53 - Clarifying: "United for Change" launch
41:46 - We are in a "coalition country"
43:11 - Why the National Dialogue failed
46:33 - What has been done well since 1994?
50:16 - The Matla Commission: A captured security cluster
54:20 - How to join So We Vote
56:03 - Final Message: How to participate in politics
58:12 - "My vote doesn't matter" - The Raindrop Analogy
01:01:04 - Outro

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