#InTheSpotlight Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa

Names: Mkhatshwa, Father Smangaliso Born: 1939, BarbertonCatholic priest, seconded to the church's general secretariat of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) in Pretoria, United Democratic Front patron, Deputy Minister of Education, member of the ANC National Executive Committee, Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane (Pretoria)Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa was born in 1939 in Barberton, in Mpumalanga (Eastern Transvaal) province. He received his primary schooling in Barberton, Lydenburg and he matriculated at Pax College in Polokwane (previously Pietersburg). In 1960 he entered St Peter's Seminary where he was ordained as a Catholic priest in June 1965. He worked as a pastor in Witbank until 1970, when he was seconded to the church's general secretariat of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) in Pretoria.