31-year-old Constable Ben Moabi who is attached to Corporate Communication and Liaison in Bojanala Sub-District 1 (Brits) as a communication officer
This year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) join the country in observing Youth Month by celebrating its young men and women in blue in different environments.
Today, we introduce the nation to 31-year-old Constable Ben Moabi who is attached to Corporate Communication and Liaison in Bojanala Sub-District 1 (Brits) as a communication officer.
Moabi who is a former radio presenter, joined the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 2016.
Due to his outgoing and strong personality, Moabi is often requested to be a master of ceremony at various events.
After finishing school, he worked as a radio presenter under the alias “The Mighty B” at various radio stations.
Inspired by a will to ensuring safer communities, Moabi joined the family in blue in 2016.
He was initially placed at Crime Intelligence while continuing to be a radio presenter to conceal his real occupation.
This assisted and benefitted him significantly in gathering information.
The community was very surprised when he was placed at Letlhabile police station in the Community Service Centre (CSC) in 2021, because they though he had been a radio presenter all along.
Although he was a police officer and working as presenter, he was determined to improve his educational qualifications.
He subsequently graduated from the Tshwane University Technology in Pretoria in Journalism in 2019.
He was born and raised in Vaalboschloot Village in Jericho and relocated at the age of five to Letlhabile Location near Brits, where he still resides.
In the past nine years, the member achieved numerous operational successes, including the recovery of hijacked vehicles.
He also arrested suspects for possession of drugs, unlicensed firearms and for contact crimes like assault and murder that occurred due to Gender Based Violence (GBV).
Due to the member’s eagerness to work directly with the community and engage them on crime-related issues affecting them, he was ultimately placed at Corporate Communication and Liaison as a Communication Officer at the Bojanala Sub-District 1 (Brits) in June 2023.
He is in his element when addressing students at schools and has a passion for assisting families that are challenged by troubling children.
He likes to remain healthy and active and is utility soccer player for local soccer teams and passionate Mamelodi Sundown’s supporter, ensuring that he attends as many games in person as possible.
He is also a proud co-parent of a five-year-old year girl.
In motivating others, he said: “Anyone who aspires to be a police officer, must know that anything is possible.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. You must focus on tomorrow, because we can’t change the past.”
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