{"id":33348,"date":"2026-04-30T07:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33348"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:40:21","slug":"family-of-former-zambian-president-got-court-order-without-full-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/family-of-former-zambian-president-got-court-order-without-full-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Family of former Zambian President got court order without full disclosure&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The Two Mountains Burial Services has affirmed the Zambian government\u2019s position that the Lungu family obtained the recent urgent court order for the return of former President Edgar Lungu\u2019s remains without full disclosure.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is revealed in papers filed before the High Court in Pretoria, Gauteng province, South Africa just a day before the Zambian government\u2019s reconsideration application, which will be heard <span dir=\"ltr\">this Thursday morning<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Two Mountains Burial Services\u00a0echoed similar sentiments as the Zambian government, arguing that the Lungu family approached the court without making a full and frank disclosure.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Two Mountains Burial Services adds that the Lungu family are the authors of their own misfortune because had they taken the necessary steps in relation to the now lapsed Supreme Court of Appeal, they would not \u201chave found themselves in this position\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15024,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-33348","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Two Mountains Burial Services\u00a0echoed similar sentiments as the Zambian government.","published_date":"","news_description":"Two Mountains Burial Services\u00a0echoed similar sentiments as the Zambian government.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33350,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33348\/revisions\/33350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}