EDITORIAL | Lungisa’s short stroll to freedom sends the wrong message
The former ANC councillor’s claim to being a political prisoner hangs on the thinnest of threads
01 December 2020 - 20:04
Andile Lungisa was released from prison on Tuesday after spending just 75 days of a two-year sentence behind bars. He was convicted of aggravated assault for smashing a glass jug over the head of DA councillor Rano Kayser in the Nelson Mandela Metro council chambers...
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