NOBODY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO LUNGU’S BODY UNTIL THE MATTER IS DETERMINED – MAKEBI ZULU
FAMILY Spokesperson Makebi Zulu has asserted that no one will have access to the body of former president Edgar Lungu, until the matter is determined by the courts of law in South Africa.
Zulu said the former first family was ready to give evidence before the Pretoria High Court that will exonerate them as well as the former Head of State.
This follows a fresh directive from the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, which has asked Zambia’s Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha to file an application by July 3, 2025, stating reasons why the late president’s body should be returned to Zambia and not buried in South Africa.
In an application lodged before the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria, Kabesha is seeking to prevent the burial of Lungu in South Africa and sued Lungu’s widow, Esther, four of their children, Bertha, Tasila, Chiyesu and Dalitso, family lawyer Makebi Zulu and the funeral company Two Mountains Pty, which currently holds the remains.
The court has since set July 18, 2025 as the date for the ruling and until then, the court has suspended all burial plans.
However, Zulu said the government has given them an opportunity to tell a story of Lungu to the maximum in court because he must be exonerated in his death.
“Now onwards until his burial, the truth of Edgar Lungu shall be told, we shall tell it in a very systematic way in court, we shall tell the full story, how he came into South Africa as a private citizen, and how he used an Uber,” Zulu said.
He added that the family has been consistent in offering support to the former Head of State while alleging that the Government may not give Lungu a dignified burial.
“The family only wants to give him a dignified burial.”
“Government should come and say we are sorry we never treated him well, we are sorry we did wrong to him, now that he he dead, how can we make amends. Now people want to pretend to speak for him when they were never there for him,” Zulu further claimed.
He said Lungu is therefore calling for unity and sanity even in his death.
“Lungu is calling for peace and unity, he is fighting that people should not be prosecuted for doing what is right. This period is an opportunity for us to reflect out of this death,” he said.
Kalemba
Stop misleading this family please.Let them bury their father in a dignified manner. Dont use this situation to make money just like what you are doing now.You are very evil as a lawyer
I am very disappointed with this man. The reasons he is putting don’t appear insurmountable with good will especially that even the current president escaped a number of death traps under Lungu’s leadership. The house of the president was stormed at night and he had to escape through some building roof at one time. After all ECL was president of Zambian people and not ECL.
You all UPND get disappointed because you are heartless, incomplete people, full of hatred and more importantly you think your evil deeds are hidden from the eyes or ears of the masses. The truth shines like light in darkness and the darker it becomes the more the truth shines brighter. You hated this man Lungu in life, tortured him psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, physically and in death continued to fight and hating him more when you should have let him be buried in a place where he feels comfortable and accepted .
Whatever goes round will come around and we will be telling you we saw this coming . You took everything from him, he was an ordinary person but what honour are you giving a dead person when you stripped him every human dignity, decency and respect. Does Lungu in death deserve your perceived dignity this is the most embarrassing and disgusting acts of punish someone in death. MHSRIP
@Pafwenamwine it is regrettable that you can express such deceptive and unkind remarks filled with bitterness and hate speech. The UPND government and its leadership have not committed any wrongdoing to justify your sarcastic assertions.
Since the PF lost the elections in 2021, their relationship with the ruling party has consistently been hostile, marked by envy and jealousy, and they have continually disparaged the UPND.
The PF behaves contrary to the norms and acceptable precedents established by the government. Their conduct during the discussions surrounding the death and burial of our founding father, Dr. David Kenneth Kaunda, was characterized by force and commands from the PF government, and the records of these events are publicly available. In contrast, the arrangements for the death and burial of the late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu have been handled with respect and consultation by the government in relation to the Lungu family. However, the Lungu family and the PF have acted differently, aiming to embarrass the government and President Hakainde Hichilema, which is unjust.
The PF and its affiliates have been misleading the Lungu family, seeking to exploit the death of former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to garner political sympathy and gain political advantage, inciting the public to harbor negative sentiments towards the government.
“ buried in a place where he feels comfortable and accepted “
So ECL led the Zambian as what..? So Zambia was led by a foreigner then or what are you insinuating..? Do not take the Zambian people for granted you cowards and tribalist good for nothing imbeciles who are hell bent to embarrass the current administration under HH.
You are so silly and lack any substance in what you are saying. You PFools and its surrogates brought this situation upon yourselves. Now you have tied a big rope around your necks to hang yourselves in shame.
Makebi is the biggest scam ever. He ain’t doing that for free. He knows where akasaka ka ndalama is and so wants to chew for life.