Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP Carl Niehaus has questioned the circumstances surrounding the death of South Africa’s Ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, who was found dead at the foot of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Paris on Tuesday.
It is alleged that the wife of the 58-year-old former Police Minister reported him missing on Monday evening.
Mthethwa was a cabinet minister between 2008 and 2023.
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Niehaus has called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances of Mthethwa’s death.
“Let me express my deep sympathy to the family of Nathi Mthethwa and also specifically to his wife. The death of Nathi Mthethwa was not a natural death, it happened under what are evidently suspicious circumstances.”
“We need to ask questions about how Nathi Mthethwa died under these circumstances, at a time where he was mentioned by Lieutenant-General Mkhwanazi. It is critically important that the circumstances of his death have to be carefully investigated,” adds Niehaus.
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