Akazvarirwa nekukurira kuMalahleni, akatanga chikoro paKhayalethu Intermediate School ndokupedza matric paKopanang Senior Secondary School.Akadzidza kugadzira mafirimu kuBig Fish School of Digital Filmmaking muJohannesburg neCape Town.
Uzalelwe wakhulela eMalahleni, waqala isikole eKhayalethu Intermediate School waphothula umatikuletsheni eKopanang Senior Secondary School. Ufundele ukwenza amafilimu eBig Fish School of Digital Filmmaking eGoli naseKapa.
Kuda kwake zvehunyanzvi kwakatanga senhengo yeBambanani Theatre muna 2001 uye akafambira mberi kusvika pachinhanho chemudetembi uye munyori kusvika 2004.
Ukuthanda kwakhe kwezobuciko waqala eseyilungu leqembu iBambanani Theatre ngo-2001 wabe esethuthukela ekubeni ngumqondisi wezinkondlo nomxoxi kwaze kwaba ngu-2004.
Zvichitevera kuparara kweBambanani, akatanga kambani yake inonzi Spemanman Mabena’s Production Theatre yakanangana nekuita zvemafirimu, Siyathuthuka Theatre.Yakatarisana nekugadzirwa kwetheater ne3 Masters, boka rekarate show uye zvese zvakaitika muna 2005.
Ngemva kokuhlakazwa kweBambanani, wasungula inkampani yakhe yeshashalazi ebizwa ngokuthi iSpeelman Mabena's Production Theatre egxile ekwenzeni amafilimu, iSiyathuthuka Theatre. Ukukhiqizwa okugxile etiyetha kanye ne-3 Masters, iqembu lokubonisa i-karate nakho konke okwenzeka ngo-2005.
“Ndiri nyanduri, muimbi, mutambi, mugadziri, muimbi, mugadziri, munyori wemitambo, mugadziri uye mutungamiriri wemitambo yangu yakaita sekuti, 'A fools Hope,' 'Finders Keepers,' 'Trauma,' 'Zenzile,' 'The 3 Evil.Heads, '' Around the Corner & the latest play '' Fair To be Un-Fair 'yakaitwa kuState Theatre muPretoria muchirongwa cheMzansi Fela Festival cha2010.Mutambo uyu wakapedzisira kuratidzwa kuGrahamstown National Arts Festival gore rimwe chetero (2010),,” akadaro Mabena.
“Ngiyimbongi, umculi, umlingisi, umdidiyeli, umqambi, umdidiyeli, umbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi, umdidiyeli nomqondisi wemidlalo yami efana nethi, 'A fools Hope,' 'Finders Keepers,' 'Trauma,' 'uZenzile,' 'The 3 Evil. Heads,' 'Around the Corner & the latest play' 'Fair To be Un-Fair' umdlalo owawudlalwa eState Theatre ePitoli ohlelweni lweMzansi Fela Festival ka-2010. Lo mdlalo wagcina ukhonjiswa eGrahamstown National Arts Festival ngawo lowo nyaka (2010),” kusho uMabena.
Akatora chikamu muNational Arts Festival Grahamstown kana mumitambo yakasiyana-siyana yakadai se'Pulse yeMpumalanga Spirit 2005,' 'Who to Trust' muna 2008 semutambi, mugadziri wemukati weWitbank Civic Theatre.Muna 2010 akaita mutambo wake we'Fair To be Un-Fair' paNational Arts Festival muGrahamstown, mutambo waakanyora, akatungamira nekuita.Mutambo uyu waive naZanele Mahlangu, Theo Rantsu naKatleho Mokoena.Witbank Civic Theatre yakabatana neSihlangene Sisonke Development Project vakatsigira chirongwa ichi.
Useke wabamba iqhaza kuNational Arts Festival Grahamstown izikhathi ezine emikhiqizweni ehlukene efana ne-‘Pulse of Mpumalanga Spirit 2005,’ ‘Who to Trust’ ngo-2008 njengomlingisi, uphrojusa wangaphakathi weWitbank Civic Theatre. Ngo-2010 udlale umdlalo wakhe othi ‘Fair To be Un-Fair’ kuNational Arts Festival eGrahamstown, umdlalo ayewubhalile, wawuqondisa futhi walingisa. Kulo mdlalo bekunoZanele Mahlangu, Theo Rantsu noKatleho Mokoena.
Mabena anotenda kuti chikoro chake chinogadzirira vadzidzi kuti vapinde munyika ine utano uye ine pundutso yemafirimu nematerevhizheni.Vanoti chikoro ichi chiri kuSouth Africa chakahwina mibairo yakawanda uye chiri kutsigirwa neshasha dzemuindasitiri yezvekutandara nekufambiswa kwemashoko, vemabhizimisi makuru pamwe nehurumende.
UMabena ukholelwa ukuthi isikole sakhe silungiselela abafundi ukuthi bangene emhlabeni onempilo nozuzisayo wefilimu nethelevishini. Uthe lesi sikole siyisikole esizinze eNingizimu Afrika esihlomule ngezindondo eziningi futhi esesekwa yizikhondlakhondla zemboni yezokungcebeleka nezokuxhumana, osomabhizinisi abakhulu nohulumeni.