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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Potential funders have told me that I can’t be controlled,’ says Mda<\/p>\n

Anele Mda, an independent candidate vying for a seat in parliament, says political parties will be chasing after independents but she won\u2019t work with any party. She is our guest on the Sunday Times Politics Weekly podcast with Sunday Times deputy editor Mike Siluma.<\/p>\n

We kick-start the conversation by asking her why it was important to publicly rebuke the IEC for not displaying her photo during the signing of the Electoral Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n

Eastern Cape-born Mda tells us how she was bitten by the political bug as a child and about her journey in politics.<\/p>\n

She is a former ANC member and founding member of COPE.<\/p>\n

In a significant milestone in our democracy independent candidates have a seat at the table with established political parties for the first time in the country\u2019s history to contest elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the ones who will set the agenda. Political parties will be the ones running after us, not the other way around,\u201d Mda says.<\/p>\n

She says she is not planning to become entangled with any political party.<\/p>\n

She also took swipe at some parties. \u201cImagine having to sit in the ANC in this day and age and lie and say there\u2019s a good story to tell? What good story to tell? Imagine being in the DA and sit there and lie and say there\u2019s a whole intentional embrace of Africans in the DA… Imagine me going to an EFF where I am going to be led by a demagogue that does not respect any woman leader… Imagine me going to Rise Mzansi, sitting there and acting as though \u2019no we\u2019re an honest new political party that is not aligned\u2019. Who funds you?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Potential funders have told me that I can’t be controlled,’ says Mda Anele Mda, an independent candidate vying for a seat in parliament, says political parties will be chasing after independents but she won\u2019t work with any party. 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