The family of former Zambian president Edgar Chagwa Lungu has won a key court ruling in South Africa, but uncertainty remains over his final burial. Lungu died in Pretoria in June 2025, triggering a dispute between his family and the Zambian government over his resting place. While the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the family’s right to decide, consultations are still ongoing and no burial date or site has been confirmed.

A legal battle over where former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's remains will be buried may be over, more than a year after he died, as South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal…

A South African court has ruled in favor of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's family regarding his burial.