Mutula is a distinguished Professor in the Office of Graduate Studies and Research in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa. He holds degree qualifications in computer science, education and Information Sciences. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF, South Africa) rated scientist. He has produced several highly cited scholarly publications in such areas as Information and Knowledge Management, Digital Economy, Information Ethics, ICT4D, SMEs, e-Readiness; Research Data Management, e-Government, Corporate Governance, i4.0, and Social Media. His publications are widely cited. In Google Scholar, he has an h-index of 41, i10 index of 142, and 7146 citations. He was awarded research excellence awards by University of Botswana (2005, 2007) and University of KwaZulu-Natal (2014, 2019), Emerald Publishing Group (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012) and C. Fiek Foundation (Germany). He has served on several international editorial boards for such journals as: African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science (editor in chief 2011-2013), Information Development, Online Information Review, South African Journal of Information Management, Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR), International Journal of Innovation and Digital Economy (IJIDE), The Electronic Library (TEL), International Journal of E-adoption (IJEA). He is affiliated to American Library Association (ALA), Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA).