Lungu household information attraction to forestall his repatriation to Zambia – SABC Information

The Lungu family, through its lawyers, has filed papers seeking leave to appeal the entire full bench judgment to the Supreme Court of Appeal arguing that the full court made a series of errors.

This follows the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria’s judgment which ruled that the Zambian government is entitled to repatriate its former President, Edgar Lungu’s body, for the purposes of a formal State funeral and burial.

This latest development means that the repatriation process cannot begin until the appeal process is complete.

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JUST IN: Just hours after the Gauteng High Court in PTA ruled that former Zambian Pres. Edgar Lungu should be repatriated to his homeland for burial, the Lungu family have filed papers for leave to appeal to the SCA (meaning the repatriation process can’t begin yet) #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/kijQCIOlOV

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Lungu, who died at the age of 68, was the head of state of Zambia between 2015 and 2021.