Themba Godi was born on 10August 1966 in the Village of Matsavana, Bushbuckridge in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga Province). Godi commenced his primary education at Matsavana Primary School in 1973. Thereafter he attended  Muzila Junior Secondary School in 1979. In 1982 he commenced his high school education at Hoyo-Hoyo High School and matriculated in 1983. In 1984 he registered and commenced his higher education at the University of the North (Turfloop) where he completed a B.A. (Paed) degree majoring in Education, Xitsonga and History in 1988.