The best diplomat in South Africa in France found dead near the Paris Hotel

French officials of the BBC, the Ambassador of South Africa in France, Nathe Methoa, are dead near the four -star Hayat Regency Hotel in Paris.

The Paris Prosecutor’s Office said that Methoa, 58, had lost his wife on Monday evening, after a “disturbing message from him.”

He added that he had booked a room on the twenty-second floor of the HIG-RISE Hotel, whose security window was forced to open.

The Paris Prosecutor’s Office said, adding that the duty judge “goes to the scene.”

MthetHwa was a high -ranking member of the African National Congress, the party that brought democratic rule in 1994 with Nelson Mandela as the first black president of South Africa.

The Ambassador of South Africa has been working in Paris since December 2023, and he was previously in the government as Minister of Police as well as the Minister of Arts and Culture.

He was a close ally of former President Jacob Zuma and was involved in what was known in South Africa as the state’s investigation, who discussed allegations of high -level corruption during the presidency of Zuma.

In a statement, South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola praised Motoa as a “distinguished servant of the nation.”

“I have no doubt that his death is not just a national loss, but it is also perceived within the international diplomatic community,” he added.

Lamola confirmed that the circumstances surrounding the death of Mthetwa were investigated by the French authorities.