The Africa South Field is proud to announce the election of Thabo Philemon Mabotja as the newly elected district superintendent of the South Africa KwaZulu Natal (KZN) District. Mabotja is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and serves as the senior pastor of the Okkerneutboom Church of the Nazarene in the RSA Eastern District.

Mabotja takes the reigns from Stanley Ushe, who has served the KZN District for the last 18 years.

Mabotja felt called to full-time ministry in April 2001. He then enrolled in Nazarene Theological College in Muldersdrift, Gauteng. He has 14 years of experience in pastoral ministry, serving at Polokwane Church of the Nazarene from 2009 to 2014 and Okkerneutboom Church of the Nazarene since 2014.

He has been married to Deborah Ngobeni since 29 August 2010, and they have five children, Silindokuhle, Thato, Lehumo,  Mpho Mabotja, and Thoriso Shekinah Mabotja.

--Church of the Nazarene Africa