Why independent candidate Anele Mda is fearlessly taking on the ‘big guns’

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. Eastern Cape-born Mda tells us how she was bitten by the political bug as a child and about her journey in politics. She is a former ANC member and founding member of COPE.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’s history to contest elections. “We are the ones who will set the agenda….