For the first time in the country’s 30 years of democracy, at least five independent candidates will be on the list contesting for seats in the National Assembly, and six others for space in provincial legislatures. Eyewitness News sat down with three candidates on this week's episode of 'Politricking with Tshidi Madia'.
May 2024, they will not only be greeted by a long list of political parties to pick from, but for the first time in the country’s 30 years of democracy, at least five independent candidates will be on the list contesting for seats in the National Assembly.For these women and men, different reasons are the driving forces that led to them ticking boxes to ensure that their faces appear on the ballot.
“Imagine having a house without a fence. I don't think you stay in a house without a fence. Let me take you deeper… imagine a house without a fence, and people just coming into your house, taking out French polony and taking cheese out of your fridge and eating while your kids are starving in the bedroom,” he said.
This he said was owed to not being attached to any political parties, promising to expose those who will try to buy his views or votes. “To say all that you have currently as a South African is through the commitment of the ANC, servicing us, the people of South Africa, and it will be attributed as though it is out of the goodness of the heart of the ANC, and nothing is spoken about the fact that all these things that the ANC would claim to be are, in fact, made possible by you and me, the people who are taxpayers in this country,” she said.
The former Congress of the People youth leader, who is now hoping to represent her constituency in the National Assembly and also refuted the idea that being an independent automatically meant a lonely journey ahead.
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