Tabona Seretse regards himself a celebrity dancer because everywhere he goes people always want to shake his hand and every time he is on stage the crowds just go wild.
He is so passionate about music and dance that he often locks himself indoors and dances until his body is covered in sweat.
Seretse's rise to stardom started some five years back, when he joined Vee as a dancer, before he moved to T-Joint and the Wizards later.
The 21-year-old is short and muscular. But it is not only his figure that makes him unique, his whole-hearted dancing, which is often done as if it would be his last, has also endeared him to multitudes of fans around the country.
"I am a celebrity now, people always want to talk to me and shake my hand and it makes me very happy that music has done this to me, I am now well known," he says.
Surprisingly the pint-size Seretse's nickname is 'Kabila', named after Laurent Kabila, the former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) leader. He says that he does not know why his friends call him Kabila. Wizards' Kaylo Leruele confirmed to showbiz that Seretse is one of the reasons their shows pull big crowds.
"He is doing a good job in attracting fans to our shows, he is passionate about music and unlike in the past when fans used to shun people like him, they just love him and I can't imagine how our stage performances would be without him," Leruele conceded.
Seretse said that he was welcomed with mixed reactions when he first appeared on the scene.
According to him, some people were excited to see such a small person dancing for a band, while others looked perplexed.
"I remember at one of the Orange Kabelano Charity Cup matches at the National Stadium, they carried me in a bag and just left me out onto the stage and people were shocked to see such a small person come out of the bag and suddenly start to dance non-stop. At times they would carry me in a baby pram," he recalled. Seretse's small figure came in handy when the producers of the controversial television drama Thokolosi were looking for someone who could play the part of the small creature.
Although he enjoyed his time with the cast, Seretse says t
hat dancing is his first love and that he has no plans to leave it for acting but that he would try his luck again if given another chance. The stocky dancer is reported to have recently wooed fans in Singapore where the group performed. "The people there loved the clowning and way he danced," Kaylo said. Seretse concurred with him, saying, "some had wanted to see me in China but we had no plans to go there, and it was nice for people so far away to recognise my talent and shout like that every time I appeared on stage".
