Drunken driving charges against South Africa's ambassador to Angola Muziwakhe Kubheka (61) were provisionally withdrawn in the Pinetown Magistrate?s Court on Tuesday.

Kubheka was arrested in March in the Kloof area, outside Durban, after crashing his Mercedes-Benz into a fence. He was charged with drunken and reckless driving.

State prosecutor Neville Loubser said the charges were being provisionally withdrawn pending the finalisation of the investigation.

"The State will issue summons once a blood analysis report has been done and witnesses have made statements," he said.

Kubheka was the country's ambassador to China, Mongolia and Denmark before being posted to Angola.

His wife Lindiwe and their baby son Lindithemba died in a car accident at the Pinetown offramp of the N3 to Durban on 10 May 2003, while he was ambassador to China.