The acting leader of the Patriotic Front in Zambia, Given Lubinda has appealed to the nation and its leadership to honour the late former President Edgar Lungus final wishes.
Speaking at the memorial service in Pretoria, Lubinda says the neighbouring country should uphold the dignity he was denied in life and now in death.
Lungus body is expected to be repatriated from South Africa where he was being treated to Zambia on Wednesday.
Lubinda has lamented how former President Lungu was treated after leaving office.
He recalled how his home was once surrounded by police and his gate broken down by officers who once saluted him as head of state.