Plans to bury former Zambian President Edgar Lungu at a private ceremony were ready to begin when a South African judge abruptly stopped them.
Only after a funeral mass had concluded was the news shared with mourners in a South African church.
After the family chose a private ceremony in South Africa over a full state funeral at home, this is the most recent development in a dispute between the government and Lungu’s family regarding his burial.
before order to prevent his family’s scheduled funeral, the Zambian government filed an urgent petition before the Pretoria High Court.