South African Ambassador to France, Annual Emmanuel Natti Mtetva, was found dead today outside a Paris hotel and there is many indications that he has put an end to his life, according to sources close to the survey.

One of these sources said that the 58 -year -old diplomat was suffering from depression and may have committed suicide.

Metva had closed a room on the 22nd floor of the hotel, whose security window was found to be violated, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

The diplomat was in the environment of former South African president Jacob Zuma. His wife said yesterday, Monday, his disappearance to the police after receiving a “alarming message” on his part.

The research has been entrusted to the Brigade of Repression of Diocese of Persons (BRDP), which is responsible for offenses against vulnerable people, such as online harassment or adult disappearances.

Metva was Minister of Art and Culture in South Africa between 2014-19 and then took over as Minister of Sport and Culture until 2023, according to the embassy website. In July 2019, he had a funeral for singer Johnny Cleng, the so -called “white Zulu”, one of the great voices of the fight against apartheid: “With his music, he gave us the courage to fight to get out of a long night,” he said.

Between 2007-22 he was also a senior executive of the National African Congress (ANC), who ruled South Africa after the first democratic elections in the country in 1994. The Apartheid era had joined the ANC military wing and was arrested when the country was declared in 1989.

The South African Foreign Ministry said the country “mourns death” of the diplomat. “The conditions of his death are being investigated by the French authorities. The South African government expresses its sincere and profound condolences to its family, friends and colleagues, “the statement said.