SOUTH AFRICAN COURT ORDERS ECL’s REMAINS BE REPATRIATED TO ZAMBIA.
By Veronica Chilufya
The Pretoria High Court in South Africa has ruled in favor of the Zambian government, ordering the repatriation of the body of former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to Zambia for burial.
The court’s decision comes after a legal battle between the Zambian government and the Lungu family, over the custody of the late president’s remains.
The late Edgar Lungu, Zambia’s sixth President passed away in South Africa on June 5, 2025, following his death, a dispute arose regarding where he would be laid to rest .
The Zambian government took legal action, suing the Lungu family to secure the return of the former leader’s body to Zambia.
A bench of three Judges at the Pretoria High Court delivered the judgement, affirming that the government has the right to repatriate the remains.
The Court has ordered that the body of the late president be surrendered to the republic of Zambia’s government without delay.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha, has appreciated the judgement by the Court, and that the government has just done what the Zambian people wanted.- YAR
There you go. Just wasted time on things that could have been agreed upon earlier. Alebwelela ku Chalo period. The nation moves on. I hope people have learnt a thing or two from this behaviour.
Good afternoon HaaIndigo Tyrol. You have been very quiet, of late? Where are you, my friend?
Yes where is he, vote wisely in 2026 vote HH7
He has gone into self-imposed exile in Kapiri Mposhi.
@Bo Sitali…. You can’t see HaaIndingoTyrol…..He is gone for good.
PF wanted to play politics with things that are direct!!! Basubuke…. going to the plains now to look after my animals???
I get baffled when some people fail to use common sense even on straight forward issues. This judgement was expected by any logical person except for those who use emotions to think, instead of logic. They were busy taking about South African law forgetting that the people involved are not South African but Zambian. Secondly, it’s obvious that South African courts understand that keeping a cordial relationship with a country is far more beneficial to South Africa than impressing individuals. People need to remember that there are always consequences to every action. So what would have stopped the Zambian government from retaliating, should there a case in Zambia in future concerning the South African government and it’s citizens?
Yes,dullards led by Sishua sishua were buys ranting about South African family law forgetting that Edgar Lungu was a Zambian and the Zambian people (public) through their elected government have spoken
Now,it’s time for all of us, except Sishua and Makebi,to gather together and give ECL a dignified farewell
Well, Well, Well, I am going to sue HH for not moving into State House! Due to public interest HH should have been living in State House as provided in the Constitution of Zambia.
Go and drink chibuku please,this is not the time for Idiots and Jokers
The Remains some one has been craving for will soon be in the pocket of the Abuser.
The ‘ insane ‘ crave which dragged the grieving Widow and family to a South African Court, for some one abused in Life, and now abused even in death , for hollow Dignity… Immoral Dignity..has been gifted by the South African Court.
Are there lessons learnt? Some people are beyond learning. They crawled on the floor, used their Rogue media Organizations, sponsored’Mercenary’ Organizations, and oh yes, that leaked Audio allegedly trying to bribe Judges …. every thing thrown at the grieving family, just to lay their ‘Evil’ hands on the body.
If the remains will come to Zambia, the Charade will begin. Morality will be turned on its head, and those South African Judges will then know why the Widow and family never wanted ‘evil’ to lay their hands on the remains.
Some people never change. They are who they are!
We await a statement from the family of the late President Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu.
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And to the late Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, you have a Strong woman and Children…They spoke for you when your voice was no more.
In mourning Gowns they fought your Abusers, and the world now knows that the Holy masquerades are nothing but Pure Evil.
MYSRIP.
Your baseless claims hold no water. You are busy calling others evil when you are the one with a resentful and unforgiving heart, I wonder which christianity you practice, if at all to you are a christian. I will just appeal to you to start using your head to think, not your emotions, then may be you will start reasoning properly.
@Straight Forward
Watch the scene of the late Edgar Lungu ‘ s cries in Court.
Watch the Widow and family dragged to Court.
For once feel the pain of the family, for a wife , brother, and Children…their relative denied permission for medical treatment..Insulted in life and in death.. even insinuating that he has faked his death.
Feel the pain of Edgar Lungu turned into a virtual Prisoner in the country he served.
Feel the Pain of keeping the Body in the Morgue for 60 days just to satiate ‘ Evil ‘.
I know what Evil looks like…I have seen it in the treatment of this family.
Yes am a Christian, and I quote Jesus on his take on Hopeless Hypocrites
” Woe to the Hypocrites…the Brood of Vipers. They say one thing, and do the exact opposite. There’s is not a Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen.
Self inflicted pain brought on by their arrogance and entitlement.
Their ignorant, selfish behavior for the world to see?
They should be embarrassed causing and international scene, a waste of money, including what they stole from Zambia.
Spare us.
Lungu should be buried in the country he looted.
Cry a river we dont care. If you were wise enough you could have seen this one coming.Idiots will always remain behind
This has always been the most noble thing to do. It’s a shame, though, that it had to take a foreign court to determine this matter simply because one side was basking in hatred which completely closed all doors of reason & prudence. With such a stance, my prayer is that the family will not go to an extent of not attending the funeral.
The PF and Makebi Zulu were at the forefront of deceiving and misleading the Lungu family. Makebi Zulu, you are now engulfed in the utmost shame and humiliation. Where is the propagandist Emmanuel Mwamba? From the very beginning, credible and non-partisan individuals advised the Lungu family that the late sixth president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, was not an ordinary person, and that decisions regarding his funeral and burial should not be left to his family and some power-hungry PF wolves.
Thank you, Attorney General, for stopping the burial of the former President in South Africa. The PF was employing delaying tactics to make the UPND government look bad in the eyes of the public. Malevolent intentions cannot outweigh the good.
Using the Attorney General’s words, there are no winners or losers in this. The judgment has sought out to provide a way for the two parties to arrive at some common ground. We can not afford to continue hating & hurting one another. Funerals, despite the misunderstanding that maybe present, provide an opportunity for reconciliation for those that mean well but also an opportunity for those who want to continue being hateful and bitter, though it is the latter that ends up suffering the consequences of such a retrogressive choice.
Finally balapwisha ama rituals.
How did you know there are rituals involved, unless you are one of the witch doctors?
Rituals in your dark bums Idiot
Now I understand why you guys are so adamant on this foolish notion. It is because this is what you are at the core of your hearts. As a man thinks in his heart so is he. Amazing.
Its coming Home. Its coming Home!!!!!! Lungu should be buried in the land he looted
REASON HAS FINALLY PREVAILED!
INDEED REASON AND SANITY HAS PREVAILED!!!
The entire world could have been in a magnanimous shock if the court ruled otherwise. Logically thinking there was no convincing reasons that could have moved the RSA court to rule in favor of all those who intended to stir confusions for their own sake. Kudos to RSA judges
Sean Tembo, if you subject a Zebra to the court of lions in a case related to the Zebra’s way of life, would it be correct for the lions to apply their laws (Laws of the Lions way of Life) over a Zebra’s way of life or should they refer to the Zebra’s laws?. I think fairness demands that the applicable laws should be those of the Zebra Laws, hence the courts applied the Zambian laws on this issue.
If you subject a Zebra to the court of lions in a case related to the Zebra’s way of life, would it be correct for the lions to apply their laws (Laws of the Lions way of Life) over a Zebra’s way of life or should they refer to the Zebra’s laws?. I think fairness demands that the applicable laws should be those of the Zebra, hence the courts applied the Zambian laws on this issue.
This is the end of the road and chapter for those who were playing delaying tactics for money and politics, us we just want Lungu to be given a dignified burial befitting the former head of state and throw this issue behind us once and for all, Zambia should move on. Thank the South African Court for this ruling.