Morgue moves Lungu’s body to secret location
THE body of former president Edgar Lungu has been quietly moved from the place it had been deposited in South Africa to a secret location.
In a letter seen by Kalemba, Two Mountains Burial Services, the funeral parlour initially responsible for the body, informed the lawyers of the Zambian government that the remains were transferred on June 20 to Thom Kight and Company, another funeral service provider.
Although the letter identifies the new funeral service provider by name, the exact location where Lungu’s body is being held has been deliberately kept under wraps.
Two Mountains said the decision was taken purely for security reasons after the family and the funeral parlour began receiving multiple public enquiries and noticed increased social media activity surrounding the location of the body.
“This decision was taken solely for security reasons, as we had by that time received multiple public enquiries and expressions of concern regarding the storage location of the body.”
“Additionally, various comments had begun circulating on social media regarding this sensitive matter,” wrote the funeral service provider.
Two Mountains requested that the information be kept on a “strictly need to know basis” due to the heightened media attention and the delicate nature of the situation.
The company disclosed that the Lungu family has been informed of the transfer and is said to be fully aware of the new arrangements.
The new funeral provider, Thom Kight and Company, has been instructed to release the body only with court approval.
The legal fallout began shortly after, when lawyers for the Zambian government rushed to the Pretoria High Court on July 2, seeking to urgently amend a previous court order that they believed didn’t go far enough in preventing the removal of the body from South Africa.
In their court filing, the government’s attorneys, VFV Attorneys, explained that they had received information suggesting there were plans to relocate the late former president’s remains outside the country. Given the urgency, they approached the court without notifying the other parties, a legal move known as applying ex parte.
The matter was heard in private by Justice Myburgh AJ, who granted the variation of the order, making it clear that the body cannot be moved beyond South Africa without court approval.
Both the Lungu family’s lawyers and Two Mountains had previously believed the original court order did not explicitly block such a transfer, but the latest ruling has now removed that ambiguity.
VFV Attorneys have since confirmed that the updated court order has been shared with the parties involved, including Thom Kight & Company and that the body may not be released to anyone unless authorised by the court.
Yesterday, the Zambian government asked the South African High Court to allow it access to the morgue where Lungu’s remains are being kept for purposes of verification and identification.
By Catherine Pule
Credit: Kalemba, July 30, 2025
This is a great move.
Moving the body from the reach of Evil.
Abused in life, and the evil wants to abuse even in death.
May the Soul of the late 6th President Rest in Peace… never to be seen by the eyes of evil.
It would be nice to be truthful…
However this is just your opinion and there is a very thin line where your opinion starts and ends because,mine starts just where yours ends…
Dicephher…
This is in response to Zambiano Old Saints…
That’s the best prayer of great buffoons. Buffoons don’t know that anyone who dies with unforgiving words in his mouth, and hearted rests in peace. The buffoons don’t also realize that issue of not resting in peace, even becomes worse when the caretakers of the remains also have unforgiving hearts and full of hatred, because they can’t intercede for dead. How much they can pray, their prayers can’t be accepted at all. Therefore, the so called, “MHSRIP.” Is very casual and meaningless for some people. Even the moving of the coffin from one place to the other is foolishness. No one can go and still the dead body. As for the requests or demands by the state, for verification sake, very open and transparent procedures are made through the legal channel. The problem with crooked buffoons is that concealing truths is their motto. Buffoons are buffoons. And they usually die with criminality.The wages of sin is death
I can’t say it any better than this. Just to add up, this whole story is fake because as far as am concerned the RSA is the one in charge of the body after the last court case and they gave instructions which no fool can do as they wish. So who moved the body? These fools mean the government of RSA did?
Great move! The body needs protection from sorcerers and Masonits who believe by getting close to ECL ‘s body the power he had in earthly life will be transferred to them. They also are eager to harvest some body parts for rituals of self-protection and enhancement of their own powers over others.
This does not make any sense. if your protection did not protect you while alive what benefit is it in death.
You are a wise man.You just said what I thought sir.
Okey we know the man had an eye for physical futures, but of all places you only choose two mountains?, was that part of those wishes?
This is a curse. Before this man is buried one person, either a family member or one of his close supporters will die. Such people may have lived with charms around the wait. There is evil spiritual unrest. You will remember my words very soon.
This soul has been rendered restless, even if the bury, it will lock on to those in the family that have troubled the soul to render it restless. That is why people bury first before coming up with arguments, the reason is to let the soul rest in piece. Now these Zulu’s have gone against the norn and people will see what the unrested soul can do to the perpetrators, l am sure they are already having dreams. And the moment they bury him as a fugitive, they will never see peace. These are serious spiritual issues
Something is not right. What are they hiding? The more this carries on the more suspicion there will be.
An apple doesn’t fall far from the try. The Lungu family, PF and the opposition are a crime syndicate. This case should now move to a criminal investigation. The family and MZ have inevitably informed the entire world that this no longer a funeral issue, but criminality. It’s time for South Africa to vacate it’s not part of the case. This is similar Thabo Bester 2.0. The south African investigators should get involved. They don’t need to be invited. This crime happened on their land. It’s almost 2 months while the family keeps changing their mind without giving any aggravating reason. It’s time to get to the truth and get those that have colluded in committing this crime sent to Jail, first in SA and once deported in Zambia!
Normally identification of a person who died is not a secret. It is the only truthful way to confirm identity of someone who has died. In this case he was a national asset and not the preserve of a few privileged people to keep the identity a secret.
In this case 20 million Zambians minus a few family members are in the dark to the facts. This includes the close political affiliates who have not also seen the body. I stand to be corrected but so far no one from these circles has confirmed seeing the body.
There is a lot of suspicion surrounding this issue. To a common thinking man who buries relatives and beloved ones when faced with bereavement this issue is not making any sense at all.
To be honest I personally can not say for sure whether our former President really died or not. why are only a few people allowed to see the body yet continue to involve us as a whole country to accept blindly and without question that he actually died. Only by word of mouth has it be stated. Physically no verification. nothing. It is a mystery. For now I am not convinced he is dead without any independent verification.
Even those who travelled , have not publicly verified anything. Who has seen the body from those who went to have the private burial?
Lets forget about the personal fights for a moment. Lets just face logic. How do you confirm that someone is dead? If we can answer this question honestly we can move forward.
Resistance of such a simple fact suggests something is wrong and must be pursued. For now as a country no one else can say for certain what the facts really are.
By Government asking to identify the body it raises very serious concerns as to whether we actually had the right information to declare a National mourning in the first place. What was the basis of confirmation in the first place. I assumed identify was verified but now understand it was not.This all adds to the confusion. It raises a silent yet loud question. WHO DIED AND WHY CAN’T WE IDENTIFY THE BODY?
Confirmation of death by presentation of the Corpse as verification is Paramount, especially in this case of former head of State ECL.
Too much hanky-panky is going and surrounding this death by the family of ECL and PF party.
Major questions are this,
1, What if ECL is alive and well but just a gimmick of running away from the long arm of the Law.
2, What if its a strategy to tarnish the current Government for the up coming elections in 2026, their plan B as they said it.
3, What if ECL is really dead but was murdered to hid the huge stash of Monies in foreign Countries.
There are just too many “ifs” that the Government of Zambia and the People of Zambia need to know the truth and have answers.
One Zambia One Nation
Zambia a Christian Nation
This is why it is important for the state to verify it is really lungu who has died by physical examination of the body. See how they are playing hide and seek now its like they have something to hide.