The late Ambassador Mthethwa
By agency reports
South Africa’s Ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel, has been found dead at the foot of a high-rise hotel in Paris, hours after he was reported missing.
The 58-year-old envoy was “discovered directly below” a Hyatt Hotel in Paris on Tuesday.
He had booked a room on the 22nd floor, the prosecutor’s office said.
The secure window in the room “was forced open,” the office said.
It added that the duty magistrate was on scene.
Mthethwa’s wife had reported him missing on Monday, saying she had received a “disturbing message” from him, according to the prosecutor’s office.
The Hyatt Group of hotels, the Hyatt Regency, and the South African Embassy in Paris had yet to comment on the development as of the time of filing this report.
Mthethwa was appointed as South Africa’s Ambassador to France in 2023.
