Mduduzi Mthembu lives and breathes Economics and has vast experience in this field. Having started working at Swaziland Fruit Canners as a Canning Superintendent Production Shift Leader in 2003, Mthembu went on to become a Financial Markets Trainee for a UK company known as Shields Consulting (PTY) Ltd. After this, he became a Teaching Assistant in the department of Economics at UNISWA but eventually left to further his academic studies. He then became a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Cape Town whilst pursuing is PhD studies. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Economics at UNISWA.