Seth Mokitimi, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Seth Mokitimi

Methodist minister

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1904

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1971

Profession: composer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Seth Mokitimi (1904–1971) was a significant leader in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) during the 20th century.
He fostered the development of education, especially theological education, and promoted the use of education as a tool in the struggle for liberation from apartheid in South Africa.
Seth Mokitimi was also influential in the youthful development of several important South African leaders, among them Nelson Mandela.
In 1963 the MCSA annual Conference elected Rev.
Seth Mokitimi as their first black president, in which position he served one term during 1964 and 1965.At the MCSA Conference of 2007, 36 years after his death, a proposal that the new Methodist Seminary to be built at Pietermaritzburg be named after Seth Mokitimi was approved with "overwhelming enthusiasm".