"The independent candidates were like an unplanned pregnancy to the IEC. The New Nation Movement took the president and IEC to court for independent candidates to be allowed to contest, and it didn't feel like we were well received," said Faith Phathela, one of the handful of independent candidates who contested the national elections.
Judging by the outcome of the elections, the independent candidates did not fare very well For the first time in the history of this country, independen...