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South African ambassador found dead at foot of Paris high rise hotel, French media reports

Mthethwa, 58, sent a worrying message before disappearing; French police are investigating his suspected suicide from the 22nd floor of a Paris hotel, officials said.

  • Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa, South Africa's ambassador to France, was found dead after being reported missing for a day.
  • His body was discovered outside the Hyatt Hotel in Paris, where he reportedly fell from the 22nd floor.
  • Mthethwa's wife had received a 'worrying message' from him on the night he disappeared.
  • French authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding Mthethwa's death, which may involve suicide.
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The South African ambassador to France was found dead Tuesday morning at the foot of a luxury hotel tower in western Paris, a French prosecutor reported. Ambassador Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa, known as Nathi Mthethwa, had been reported missing on Monday night, after his wife said he received a disturbing message from him "in which he apologized and expressed his intention to take his own life," Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statemen…

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Le Parisien broke the news in Paris, France on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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