According to the office of the local prosecutor, South African Ambassador Nexinini Emmanuel “Nathi” was found dead outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the west of Paris on Tuesday, west of Paris.
MTHETHWA was 58 years old and was serving as Ambassador to France since his appointment in December 2023.
What has French officials said?
The office of Paris prosecutors said that Mathethwa was reported to be disappeared by his wife on Monday, as they had received a text message from him, which was worried to him.
The office of the prosecutor said that Mathethwa had booked a room on the 22nd floor of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the 17th Erundesment of Paris and was forced to open a safe window.
It said that an investigation is going on due to Mithethwa’s death and it will not use the result.
‘A moment of deep grief’ – President Ramposa
South African President Cyril Ramfosa said that Mathathwa’s “is passing uncontrollably” is “a moment of deep grief in which the government and the citizens are standing near the Mathetha family.”
Ramfosa said that Mathvethwa served South Africa in many capabilities “during a lifetime which has ended prematurely and painfully.”
South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Department (DIRCO) confirmed MTHWA’s death statement And said that he was “a distinguished servant of the nation, whose career was marked by a dedicated service in important ministerial departments, including the Police Minister and Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture.”
Dirco said that the circumstances of Mathethwa’s “untimely death” were being investigated by the French authorities.
Mathathwa was the Police Minister of South Africa during Jacob Zuma’s presidency and was the Minister of Arts and Culture from 2014 to 2019, adding the game to his portfolio from 2019 to 2023.
He He SEAR was earlier served at the Board of Directors of the 2010 Football World Cup Local Organizing Committee and was part of the senior structures of the African National Congress (ANC) between 2007 and 2022.
He had a member of the ANC military wing and was arrested by the apartheid regime in 1989.
Edited by: dmytro hubenko