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By Sihle Mavuso 
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Johannesburg – Former Nelson Mandela Bay councilor and ANC youth league leader Andile Lungisa emerged from the North End prison in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday and triumphantly called for a revolution that would benefit the masses.
In ANC garb, Lungisa addressed the media flanked by some of his supporters, including former North West Prime Minister Supra Mahumapelo. He said life in jail was difficult and that he had struggled his first few nights.
Lungisa said the ANC had to embark on a new path that would help the people.
“It is only South Africa where the majority complain about the minority, it is only South Africa where people complain about racism… no, we have been racially abused. You have that situation … that situation needs us to think, why the majority?
“As a generation, we say that it is time to walk away and not blame Mandela’s generation, Oliver Tambo’s generation, a generation of John Dube, a generation of the leaders that preceded us. It is our responsibility to move this country forward. “
Lungisa’s surprise release from the prison where he was imprisoned in September this year for assaulting a prosecutor’s office councilor during a violent council meeting in 2016 was courtesy of a parole system that recognized that he had already spent some time in prison. .
The Department of Correctional Services said he was a first-time offender, hence his release as he met all the criteria for parole.
“Lungisa was initially admitted on May 9, 2018 to serve a two-year sentence for assault with intent to cause serious bodily injury. However, he was released on bail in May 2018, having spent at least 16 days awaiting his request for an appeal.
“He was readmitted to continue sentencing in the correctional system on September 17, 2020, after his appeal request was unsuccessful. The Special Remission of Sentences granted by President Cyril Ramaphosa on
On December 16, 2019, he reduced Lungisa’s sentence by 12 months. More than 14,000 inmates benefited from the special sentencing remission, ”the department said.
This meant that Lungisa will serve the remainder of his two-year sentence at his home, where he is expected to meet certain conditions, the department said.
Political Bureau
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