South Africa’s ambassador to France was discovered lifeless on Tuesday on the foot of the Hyatt Regency resort, a high-rise tower within the west of Paris, the Paris prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.
Ambassador Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa had been reported lacking by his spouse on Monday night after she obtained a textual content message from him that frightened her, the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned, confirming newspaper reviews.
Mthethwa had booked a room on the twenty second flooring, the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned, including {that a} secured window had been compelled open.
It mentioned an investigation was ongoing, and it couldn’t preempt its end result.
French media, together with Le Parisien, mentioned Mthethwa was believed to have killed himself, with out citing a supply.
South Africa’s overseas affairs division confirmed Mthethwa’s loss of life, including that the circumstances have been beneath investigation by the French authorities.
“Ambassador Mthethwa was a distinguished servant of the nation, whose profession was marked by devoted service in important ministerial portfolios,” the overseas affairs division mentioned in a press release, calling his loss of life “a nationwide loss.”
The embassy’s web site says Mthethwa was South Africa’s minister of arts and tradition from 2014 to 2019, including sport to his portfolio from 2019 to 2023.
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