The family of the late former Zambian President, Edgar Lungu has announced that Lungu will be buried in South Africa.
This after a feud between the family and the Zambian government not reaching an agreement on how to send-off the former leader.
Lungu died while in South Africa receiving a specialised medical treatment.
For more on this, SABC News International Editor, Sophie Mokoena.
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😂😂😂😂lung family she thing they're father is life go and rest . South Africa why you allow that think
Manje thina singenaphi lapho as South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦 ngicela ukubuza?
PS: If ECL had just bolstered the quality of Zambian healthcare, he would still be on Zambian soil and this whole tug-of-corpse storyline could've been avoided.
Is this the first funeral in the Lungu family may be ? As i know Ordinary people if they spent so much days like this wothout buring their loved one the community will force them to act accordingly so why is it that this family acts reverse wise
If it was a Zimbabwean president died in SA hospitals ,xenophobia could have said why he didn't build hospitals in Zimbabwe but because its not a Zimbabwean issue xenophobians are not saying anything ,i think Zimbabwe must change the name to Zambiano.
It doesn't matter where he is buried, whether he is thrown into the sea or thrown to lions, it doesn't matter, he is facing eternity and that's what matters, his soul where it is matters not his body.
Find another another person to discuss this matter Sophie is now taking sides instead of getting the facts together, what is going on behind the scenes? People want to know the problem between the family amd the government.
national mourning was and has always been 7 days, he extended to another 9 to allow the country to bury Dr ECL, the family decided not to bring out the body hence the 9 days extension becomes invalid however HH mentioned the government is open to any discussions meaning if at any point the family changes minds the government will certainly have to give Dr ECL a dignified funeral, so in short national mourning was over a long time ago the extension was only for the country to bury but since the family changed minds the extension was irrelevant
Why does Sophie sound like she's upset they've bought a house in SA😂😂
To the of late this not right
When you are tired of fighting Lungu corpse South Africa will be ready to repatriate your former president back to Zambia. For now emotions are to high amongst Zambian people. Both family and government must settle their differences in order to do the right thing.
The government is wrong maybe you don't know
As long as south african tax payers money is not going to be use to pay for his funeral 👍
After burieing him there and let them stay in south Africa we don't want them in Zambia
Ok 👍
Playing football with a corpse 😂
Today madam Sophie is trending on most Zambian Facebook pages…
But flags are flying at fullmast
Sophie Mokwena… please play the last video of our President's speech and tell us what you hear.
Mme Sophie…keep your self preoccupied with SA issues and stop taking sides on Zambian issues..😂 your comments are disgusting some of us .
This reporter is useless
South Africa is a playground of the world that anyone can be taken there and be buried, even criminals n dictators run there for refuge….
SOUTH AFRICA BELONGS TO FOREIGNERS not to South Africans!!!….several millions in bribery to SA.
The family forgot that they will have to foot the private funeral expenses themselves. The Zambian government has completely washed its hands off this funeral.
But why is how president so much interested in viewing the body?
This is so sad indeed.lts sad that it has to take this route.
One zambia ,one nation ,one africa
Was he affraid his body will be stolen?
My president ECL 😢I loved you so much HH is so evil
🇿🇦🫶🏽 ECL must rest in South Africa for now
Allow our ECL rest in peace plz😢the family has the final decision and we should respect them.whatever their doin it the wish of the former head of state.no one can go againt the wish of the dead period!!
I like what is playing out about this funeral
You can’t hate people when they are still alive and expect to participate in their burial or funeral.
I fully support the family. Let the wishes of former President be respected please.
HH didn’t extend an olive branch to Lungu to a point where Lungu went and seek refuge in SA.
There is a lesson to be learned here. Stop hating people when they are alive and love them when they are dead.