Jailed former ANC councillor Bongo Nombiba will launch a fresh bail application next month pending a petition to the Grahamstown High Court judge-president.
Nombiba, who is serving a five-year sentence for fraud and money laundering after his application for leave to appeal failed, hopes to be released from St Albans Prison pending word on his petition.
He was found guilty by the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court in April of defrauding the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality of R20 000, which was meant for the Thulamangwane Community Project, a non-government organisation which cares for the elderly and cleans schools in the community.
Earlier this month, magistrate Hannes Claassen dismissed his application for leave to appeal against both his conviction and sentence, finding there was no reasonable prospect of success.
Claassen is now set to hear the bail application on July 3.