When he is not taking journalists’ calls regarding a comment about the story they are doing around Midrand, this police spokesperson spends most of his free time singing worship songs, writing a book or giving motivational talks.
Constable Eliot Tshwarelo Mabulane, who stays in Midrand with his two sons, wants to change the world and fight gender-based violence (GBV) through his yet-to-be-published book.
The 29-year-old hails from Limpopo and has been in the South African Police Service (SAPS) for over a decade now having officially been in the department since 2014.
“I am a musician, police officer, motivational speaker and a man on a journey of book writing. In 2014 I had the opportunity to be selected as a trainee in the SAPS and that’s when my police career began,” said Mabulane.
He previously worked in the Ivory Park community service centre, before being moved to Alexandra Cluster Crime Prevention, Sandton SAPS, before being transferred to the Midrand Vispol component.
“In 2018 I joined the detectives for a year and moved back to Vispol. My passion was to engage with the community and fight crime at ground level – mostly affecting women and children. I had an interest in the communication department where I was officially appointed as spokesperson in 2019”.
Asked where his love for music began, Mabulane said it all started in Sunday school at the Zion Chrsitian Church where he later became a choral leader.
He grew up idolising Dr Rebecca Nalope, Sechaba Padi, the late Lundi Tyamara and Lucky Dube.
“I have two singles in the pipeline to be released before end of October this year. The reason why I opted to write a book was to tell my story about the pain I suffered in my very early childhood, seeing my mom being abused physically. I encourage women to speak about abuse and to not stay in abusive relationships”.
Mabulane said with his book he aims and hopes to reach out to men who are the main contributors of violence against women and children.
He concluded that no woman should face the infliction of pain or any form of abuse all in the name of love.
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