Sizwe Vincent Mbona is a lecturer in the Department of Statistics at the Durban University of Technology. Dr Mbona holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience, and coordinating at different levels of undergraduate and postgraduate modules. He also supervises postgraduate students in their research studies. Dr Mbona has been involved in designing notes for short courses. He is proficient in using advanced statistical software’s such as SPSS, R and STATA, to conduct rigorous data analysis and research. Dr Mbona has published journal articles. Email: sizwem@dut.ac.za ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8077-3833