South African ambassador found dead outside Paris hotel | International

PARIS, Sept 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - South Africa's ambassador to France, formerly a long-serving 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, usually known as Nathi Mthethwa, had "reserved a room on the 22nd floor whose secured window had been forced open," the office of the Paris prosecutor told AFP. The body of Mthethwa, a close associate of former South African president Jacob Zuma, was found "directly by the hotel", it added. A source close to the case, who asked not to be named, said the ambassador suffered from depression and his death could have been...