Mr. Mzwandile Zulu is a New Generation of Academic (nGAP) lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he recently completed his Ph.D. in mathematics education. Before his academic career, he worked as a school mathematics educator for three years. Mr. Zulu is a recipient of the Talent Excellence and Equity Scholarship which funded his Masters degree and an Erasmus+ student mobility scholarship which funded a semester of his Ph.D. studies in Latvia.