South African ambassador found dead in Paris

South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, was recovered dormant connected Tuesday astatine the ft of the Hyatt Regency hotel, a high-rise gathering successful occidental Paris, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Authorities said Mthethwa’s woman had reported him missing connected Monday evening aft receiving a troubling substance connection from him.

He had checked into a country connected the 22nd level of the hotel, wherever investigators aboriginal recovered that a secured model had been forced open. An enquiry is underway, though officials declined to remark connected imaginable conclusions.

French media, including Le Parisien, reported that Mthethwa is believed to person taken his ain life, though nary authoritative confirmation has been given.

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation confirmed the ambassador’s death, noting that French authorities are handling the investigation.

“Ambassador Mthethwa was a distinguished servant of the nation, whose vocation was marked by dedicated work successful captious ministerial portfolios,” the section said successful a statement, describing his passing arsenic “a nationalist loss.”

Mthethwa antecedently served arsenic South Africa’s Minister of Arts and Culture from 2014 to 2019, earlier taking connected the combined portfolio of Sport, Arts and Culture from 2019 to 2023, according to the South African embassy’s website.

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