PARIS (Reuters) -South Africa's ambassador to France has been found dead at the foot of the Hyatt Hotel, a high-rise tower in Porte Maillot in the west of Paris, newspaper Le Parisien reported on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Paris Police declined to comment. Calls to the South African Embassy went unanswered.
The embassy's website says Ambassador Nkosinathi Emmanuel "Nathi" Mthethwa was South Africa's minister of arts and culture from 2014 to 2019, adding sports to his portfolio from 2019 to 2023.
The ambassador had been reported missing by his wife after she received a text message from him that worried her, Le Parisien reported.
(Reporting by Geert de Clercq; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Richard Lough)
