Court Rules for Lungu Family in Burial Dispute. Court says family, not Government, has legal right to decide burial place.

WIRE — SOUTH Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal, (SCA), has overturned a 2025 Gauteng High Court ruling that granted Zambia's government the right to repatriate and bury former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu in Zambia with full state honours. In a judgment delivered Tuesday, 23rd June 2026, the SCA upheld an appeal by former First Lady Esther Lungu, The post Court Rules for Lungu Family in Burial Dispute. Court says family, not Government, has legal right to decide burial place. first appeared on Mwebantu.

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