The Pretoria High Court has indefinitely adjourned the case surrounding the burial of former president Edgar Lungu.
Judge Audrey Ledwaba announced this morning that the appeal on Lungu’s repatriation will remain on hold, with no set date for resumption.
“The parties have agreed to allow the Constitutional Court process to unfold and in the circumstances, and both parties have agreed that this application for leave to appeal be postponed sine die,” Lungu family lawyer told the court.
Last week, Lungu’s widow, former First Lady Esther Lungu, together with six family members, petitioned South Africa’s Constitutional Court to block the Zambian government from repatriating his body for a state funeral.
In their urgent application, the family argued that burial is a “deeply personal and private” matter protected under South Africa’s constitutional rights to dignity and privacy.
RCV News.
