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South African ambassador to France dies after falling from 22nd floor of Paris hotel

2025-09-30 18:53:07Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

South African ambassador to France dies after falling from 22nd floor of Paris

South Africa's ambassador to France, a long-serving former cabinet minister, was found dead on Tuesday outside a Paris hotel after the window of his room in the high-rise building was forced open, prosecutors said.

Nkosinathi Emmanuel Nathi Mthethwa, 58, commonly known as Nathi Mthethwa, had "booked a room on the 22nd floor, the safe window of which had been forced open," the Paris prosecutor's office told AFP.

The body of Mthethwa, a close associate of former South African President Jacob Zuma, was found "directly next to the hotel," the police statement added.

A source close to the matter, who asked not to be identified, said the ambassador was suffering from depression and his death may have been a suicide.

An investigation has been opened. Mthethwa had been ambassador since December 2023.

In a statement issued in Pretoria, South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said there was "no doubt that his death is not only a national loss, but is also felt within the international diplomatic community."

The circumstances of his "untimely death" are under investigation by French authorities, the statement confirmed.

The ambassador's disappearance was reported on Monday by his wife, who said she "received a disturbing message from him in the evening," the prosecutor's office said.

Mthethwa served as South Africa's minister of arts and culture from 2014 to 2019, and then of sports, arts and culture until 2023, according to his embassy's website.

He was also Minister of Police from 2009 to 2014 and Minister of Security from 2008 to 2009.

Mthethwa also served on the board of directors of the local organizing committee of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Between 2007 and 2022, he was a senior official in the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party since the first democratic elections after apartheid in 1994.

He worked secretly within the military wing of the ANC during apartheid and was arrested during the state of emergency in 1989.


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