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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>We can\u2019t bury foreign ghosts here,\u2019 South Africans mock Zambians over Lungu burial<\/p>\n

SOUTH Africans have taken to social media to mock Zambians following reports that former president Edgar Lungu will be buried in South Africa after his family and government failed to agree on how he should be mourned and laid to rest.<\/p>\n

What started as breaking news conveyed by SABC journalist Sophie Mokoena on her X account spiraled into a wave of ridicule, with many South Africans questioning why a Zambian former head of state should be buried on foreign soil, \u201cin their backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twitter (X) users had to throw jabs, satire and outright disbelief at the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cNoooh he must go and be buried at his home town in Zambia. We have got a problem of shortages of burial sites, we can\u2019t have political ghosts speaking languages we don\u2019t understand,\u201d wrote one South African user.<\/p>\n

Another user, Anne Mashalaba, fumed: \u201cBut how? Are they going to host a state funeral of Zambia in South Africa? No guys. We can\u2019t allow that. If they bury him here, it better be a normal funeral like everyone else. Nothing special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others suggested that Lungu\u2019s grave could turn into a \u201cZambian territory\u201d or spark supernatural consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa will be haunted by a foreign ghost,\u201d warned Chako De Masta.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine being chased by an angry ghost who has been abandoned by his family. SA is a playground,\u201d joked Thole Lomthwakazi Qengeba.<\/p>\n

Some wondered why closer countries like Zimbabwe or Malawi weren\u2019t considered.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaar, really? They jumped Zimbabwe, Malawi\/ Botswana and want to come all the way here? I smell a rat,\u201d wrote Prince Melvin.<\/p>\n

Even the country\u2019s controversial anti immigration movement was dragged into the conversation, with a user asking, \u201cIs Operation Dudula going to accept that?\u201d<\/p>\n

With the situation still developing and no official statement yet from South African authorities regarding the burial, many South Africans aren\u2019t rolling out the red carpet for the former Zambian leader\u2019s final journey.<\/p>\n

As for Zambians, reactions online have been mixed with some expressing sadness over the saga and others simply stunned that the late head of state may not rest in the land he once governed.<\/p>\n

Other Zambians have since turned the mockery into jokes and memes.<\/p>\n

Whether Lungu\u2019s body will eventually cross back into Zambian soil or remain six feet under in Mzansi, the online banter shows no signs of dying down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know they don\u2019t have best hospitals but graveyards?\u201d Questioned one user.<\/p>\n

Kalemba, June 21, 2025<\/p>\n

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