Dr Mazwai is a Resident Executive at the Wits Business School and serves in the Black Business Council (BBC). He is honorary professor of entrepreneurship at the University of the Western Cape and the University of Fort Hare and also serves on the Presidential BEE Advisory Council.

Dr Mazwai is a former journalist and editor and developed a passion for entrepreneurship and small business development while business editor at Sowetan. He is former director of the Centre for Small Business Development (CSBD) at the University of Johannesburg.

He is part of a panel of experts that is looking at methodologies to integrate small business into the value chains of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries. He is a member of the Skills System Review Technical Task Team (SSRTTT) of the Human Resource Development Council of South Africa.

He also served on the Ministerial Committee for the review of the White Paper on social development and his area of reference is entrepreneurship and recipients of social grants. He was jailed while a student for his involvement in the liberation struggle. He holds an MBA and D.Com degrees.