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. Ukuthanda kwakhe kwezobuciko waqala eseyilungu leqembu iBambanani Theatre ngo-2001 wabe esethuthukela ekubeni ngumqondisi wezinkondlo nomxoxi kwaze kwaba ngu-2004. 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. Ubhale, walingisa, waqondisa futhi wakhiqiza imidlalo eminingi kamabonakude neyeshashalazi ngesiNgisi nangesiZulu. “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.