Limpopo Hawks spokesperson, Lethunya Muroa is passionate about writing poetry anthology and radio dramas.
At last, a long-serving career officer of the law has stepped up to confirm that the pen is might than a gun – hallelujah!
Warrant Officer Lethunya Muroa, the spokesperson for the Hawks in the province is currently drifting apart from matters of violent crime to a more invigorating pastime, writing.
Since he joined the South African Police Service two decades ago, Muroa has been upholding his employer’s reputation of “to serve and to protect”.
But in the process, he could have probably been failing to acknowledge his God-given talent of writing.
Mother Earth is chock-a-block with myriad of wordsmiths but only a handful realise their potential and utilise it to their full potential.
However, Muroa who was born and received his basic education at Hweleshaneng village outside Lebowakgomo, insists he is a natural born penman.
He claims that his potential to write was self-discovered during his formative years when he was still a learner at Bolopa primary and J K Tabane secondary schools in his home village.
There were obstacles, though, for him to break the glass ceiling, as it is the case for many authors to successfully publish their work.
As a result, Muroa joined the police service in 2006 at Lebowakgomo station.
A year later, he was moved to Tubatse station before he was deployed to the Marble Hall station where he is currently the spokesperson.
As the millennium bug hit the world in 2000, the new era was the culmination of Muroa’s creative climax.
He recalls “I wrote many poems during that time and some of them were published in three different anthology books while others are still inside the hands of publishers.”
Muroa, a specialist in poetry anthology, has published three most notable titles: Seswansho sa setshaba, Meshitotheto ya segagesho published by Oxford university press and Tša borala by Timbila publishers.
He has a few awards under his belt and would want to enrich his silverware cabinet.
“I was awarded Motswedi creative writing award in poetry in 2008 and first run-up Motswedi creative writing award in short stories also in 2008. I did not think of writing a radio drama in my life until I took advantage of this opportunity after hearing an advertisement on Thobela FM. I then sent my CV and I was called to attend a workshop. Thereafter I wrote the dram and named it Madimabe a Megabaru. This drama highlights the abuse endured by elderly and mentally challenged people. “It seems lot of radio listens enjoyed it because I received many comments pertaining to its contents. I really appreciate support from family members, relatives, colleagues and the community at large. Credit, though, must go to the actors and producers because without them my drama would have been nothing.”