{"id":82713,"date":"2026-04-28T23:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:18:10","slug":"makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family","title":{"rendered":"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Zulu rushed to South Africa following reports alleging that the body of former President Edgar Lungu had gone missing.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Zulu who is also the Lungu family spokesperson and the team managed to locate the body and ensured it was secured and placed back under the custody of the family at an undisclosed morgue in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return, he was treated to a thunderous welcome by party officials, including newly appointed party media director and Deputy Secretary General Celestine Mukandila.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, last week, former minister Chishimba Kambwili called on Zambians to pray for Mr. Zulu as he carries out his role of assisting the Lungu family during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers. Mr. Zulu rushed to South Africa following reports alleging that the body of former President Edgar Lungu had gone missing. Mr. Zulu who is also the Lungu family spokesperson and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-82713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T23:13:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T23:18:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"549\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-28T23:13:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-28T23:18:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family\",\"name\":\"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-28T23:13:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-28T23:18:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers. ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":549,\"caption\":\"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family - Zambia","description":"PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers. ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family","og_description":"PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers. ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-04-28T23:13:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-28T23:18:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":549,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family","datePublished":"2026-04-28T23:13:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-28T23:18:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family"},"wordCount":157,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg","keywords":["Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family","name":"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-28T23:13:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-28T23:18:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"PF Pamodzi leader Makebi Zulu has returned to Zambia with a call for citizens to keep the Lungu family in their prayers. ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1777418229.219725.jpg","width":720,"height":549,"caption":"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/makebi-zulu-returns-home-calls-for-prayers-for-lungu-family#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Makebi Zulu Returns Home Calls for Prayers for Lungu Family"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82719,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82713\/revisions\/82719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}