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Andile Lungisa, former ANCYL deputy president, says he was supportive of protests against ‘the unjust arrest of [former] president Jacob Zuma but I never advocated for any violence’. File photo.Image: Eugene Coetzee

It’s a lie I was involved in bid to stage a coup d’etat‚ says Andile Lungisa

Former ANC Youth League (ANCYL) deputy president Andile Lungisa says he was interrogated for allegedly “assembling an arsenal” for the purposes of overthrowing the state. According to Lungisa‚ officials who identified themselves as…

Former NMB councillor Andile Lungisa was released this week after serving less than three months of a two-year sentence for assault GBH

DA: We will not take instruction from prisoner Andile Lungisa

The Democratic Alliance has slammed convicted former Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa’s statements on petitioning acting NMB mayor, councillor Thsonono Buyeye, and Speaker Buyelwa Mafaya, to postpone all council meetings…

Andile Lungisa, seen here arriving at the North End prison just two months ago, has been released from prisonImage: Werner Hills

Andile Lungisa released from prison

Former Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa was released from the North End prison on Tuesday morning, correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo confirmed. “He’s home now. We took him out at 5am,” he said. A…

Andile Lungisa has withdrawn his statement claiming that his case was unfairly decided because of political pressure and affiliation.Image: Gallo Images / Foto24 / Felix Dlangamandla

Andile Lungisa retracts ‘wrongful’ claim about judges

Suspended Eastern Cape ANC councillor Andile Lungisa has made an about-turn on comments he made about some of the country’s top judges just before his imprisonment, saying his utterances were false and without merit. In a signed statement…

Andile Lungisa. File pictureImage: EUGENE COETZEE

Andile Lungisa opts to stay in jail despite being granted bail

Andile Lungisa, who was granted bail of R10,000 in the high court in Makhanda earlier on Friday, has elected not to be immediately released from prison. The reasons for the decision to remain behind bars are not known. His lawyer, Alwyn…

Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile LungisaImage: File

Andile Lungisa granted bail

ANC councillor Andile Lungisa has been granted bail in the amount of R10,000. Judge Sunil Rugunanan made the order in the high court in Makhanda on Friday. This means he will once again be released from prison pending the outcome of his…

Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa.Image: Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Lulama Zenzile/ File photo

DA welcomes Supreme Court of Appeal decision to dismiss Andile Lungisa’s appeal

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss Nelson Mandela Bay ANC councillor Andile Lungisa’s appeal against his conviction. Lungisa was sentenced to an effective…