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The former Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa is expected to report to the clerk of the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court by noon Thursday to commence serving his two-year prison sentence.
Lungisa was previously sentenced to three years in jail for assault, with one year suspended, for smashing a glass jug full of water over DA councillor Rayno Kayser’s head during the infamous council brawl of 2016.
Last week, the Supreme Court of Appeal rejected his application for leave to appeal the sentence, saying that it found no grounds to interfere with the sentence imposed by the trial court.
National Prosecuting Authority Regional spokesperson Anelisa Ngcakani says they received copies of Lungisa’s application to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday for leave to appeal the sentence, and the notice of motion to apply for bail pending the outcome of the application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court.
The bail application will be heard at 2 pm on Monday 21 September at the Grahamstown High Court and Ngcakani indicated in a statement that the NPA will oppose bail.
