# The Zambian government has filed a reconsideration application in the Gauteng High Court. This is to challenge a court order which directed the return of former president Edgar Lungu’s remains to the Two Mountains mortuary in Pretoria. Last week, the Zambian government executed the August 2025 High Court judgment that entitled it to repatriate Lungu’s remains for a State funeral and burial. However, Lungu’s family was granted an urgent order for the body to be returned to the mortuary. The government argues that this order was granted in its absence.
Zambian government files another court application over former president Lungu’s remains