The Benefits Were Revoked, Not Suspended! Here Is the Evidence
….evidence speaks louder than the denials. The benefits were not suspended. They were revoked and revoked immediately…..
PRETORIA, 11th July, 2025
New evidence has emerged directly contradicting the Zambian Government’s claims that late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s presidential benefits were merely “suspended.”
Mrs. Esther Lungu, widow of the late President, here being referred as respondent 1, has filed a powerful response in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, where the Zambian Government is seeking to block the burial of the former Head of State in South Africa.
Central to her argument is an official government letter dated 30 October 2023, which she has attached as Annexure EL10 and its contents are damning.
According to the letter, signed by a senior Government official Dr Oliver Mubita Kalabo, the revocation of benefits was “with immediate effect” and left no room for ambiguity. The letter states unequivocally:
“In addition, the Office of the Sixth President Is closed with Immedlate effect and all staff assigned to that Office will be redeployed. Further, take note that Government will no longer provide security, accommodation, transport and other requirements as the law provides, to a Former President..”
The language used “withdrawing all of the benefits” is far more definitive than a suspension and amounts to a full revocation under the provisions of the Benefits of Former Presidents Act.
Notably, the Act makes no provision for suspension of benefits; it either provides or does not, and it explicitly excludes the restoration of benefits once withdrawn under specified circumstances.
Mrs. Lungu’s court filing further asserts that this act of revocation had real consequences for her husband. Paragraph 3.21 of the affidavit states:
“As a result of the complete and final revocation, the late former President Lungu lost all state-provided benefits and was reduced to the status of an ordinary private citizen… he was further subjected to gross abuse of human rights including public vilification, significant and unlawful restrictions on his freedom of movement, infringement of his right to assembly and deprivation of his right to life by prohibition of access to medical care.”
The government’s claim that the benefits were “only suspended” appears increasingly untenable in light of the documentary evidence now before the South African court.
One thing is clear: The evidence speaks louder than the denials. The benefits were not suspended. They were revoked. And now, the world is watching.
This affidavit was filed in response to the Zambian Government’s application seeking the following relief:
2.1.1 That the Applicant is entitled to repatriate the body of the late President Edgar Lungu for purposes of a state funeral and burial at Embassy Park in Lusaka, Zambia.
Well, well well. This government lies even when there is clear evidence to the contrary.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?
In the meantime, the open grave remains, waiting to be filled by the rightful occupant.
“HE THAT DIGS HOLES FOR OTHERS, SHALL HIMSELF BE BURIED IN THEM”. -EDITH NAWAKWI.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
Hmmm my friend HH will be BURRIED in His VILLAGE IN BWEENGWA just like me you will bury me in my village, the shepherd’s home.
That grave will WRITE ✍️ ON IT THAT A POLITICAL COWARD was supposed to be BURRIED here BUT he ran away.
Better he would have said he can be BURRIED IN PETAUKE not SA of all places. ECL was an interesting Man. Mulongoti ALREADY TOLD US THAT THAT PLACE (Embassy Park)WILL BE FULL, LUNGU family would have used that excuse to burry in Petauke.
The guy was a COWARD who was HIDING IN CADRES and has LEFT CONFUSION IN HIS OWN PARTY. No president as we speak
Why call a lawsuit based on hard hearted sinful, non-reconciliatory and unforgiving nature, powerful? Note that the lungu family and most disciples of ECL are just swimming in the sinful, unforgiving and u reconciliatory pupported commandments and teachings of ECL. The lungu family and associates have told the whole world, including all the angels living with mankind, that ECL died with strong unforgiving words in his mouth against HH. They have explained that ECL taught and commanded them, ” Thou shalt not reconcile with HH. Thou shalt not pulsate forgiveness with HH. Thou shalt not allow HH to be near my coffin. Hatred must be maintained up to the end of the world. Hatred must be your golden rule in your life ” It is for this reason that all kinds people of God, who have tried to counsel the family and associates to turn away from the perceived sinful conduct, have failed. The government has tried and it is still trying to buy time for them to come to a level of realization and perform issues normally. The family and associates are really baptized in the motto of hatred, of unforgiving, of non-reconciliatory and hard hearted in the sinful words, claimed to have been commanded to them to follow by their unforgiving master. It’s follow the leader game
Hhhh.
Sorry …evidence first.
SomeOne will cry.
Indeed, the lungu family and associates are incorrigible because of the doctrine of hatred and non-reconciliatory. I’m pretty sure the Archbishop Banda, must have tried to counsel the family. Most renowned pastors and main christian mother bodies have tried their best to counsel the family and associates to see the value of forgiveness and reconciliation, they have chosen to remain hard hearted and hold on to the principle of hatred and non-reconciliatory motto. The question is, ” What grade can be given to ECL an hypocrite, in relation to the setting of the day of national day of prayer and reconciliation?” Was he just fooling citizens? Did he just pronounce it for political mirage, so as to attract the sympathy of churches? I’m pretty sure both christians and non christians are surprised to hear from the family and associates claiming that ECL had died with strong unforgiving and u reconciliatory words against some people in the nation which spent time/days each year praying aimed enhancing unconditional forgiveness and reconciliation
Why do people want the Lungu family to forgive? For give who? Everyday the UPND and HH praisers are making funny of the bereaved family. Even in parliament Jack Mwiimbi was attacking the dead body instead of explaining why they were :lawfully’ killing youths. Let the court decide on behalf of the family and government.