Nathi's death no absolution

When the news broke that South Africa's ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, died last week, the question uppermost in many people's minds was: was it because his name was mentioned at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry?

- Sydney Majoko

Although the circumstances around his death are yet to be clarified, early indications are that Mthethwa, the former minister of police from 2008 to 2014, took his own life by jumping to his death from the 22nd floor of a hotel in Paris.

Although he gained notoriety as the minister of sport, arts and culture who wanted to build a R22 million monument of the national flag, it was as minister of police that he was mentioned at the Madlanga commission.

The timing of his death means there are questions to which the commission and the country will never get answers to.