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Mduduzi Gwija

I build SharePoint systems
that replace paperwork.

Public-sector professional by day, builder by habit. I turn slow, manual processes into tools people actually use, and I'm looking for the next chance to grow professionally in IT.

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Honours, Public Administration

01 About me

From public administration to building the systems it runs on.

I'm Mduduzi, based in Cape Town. I hold an Honours degree in Public Administration and work in the public sector as an Institutional Coordination Officer in a bursary management unit, supporting university bursary students. It's a public administration role, but I also design and develop SharePoint systems for my organisation, and IT is where I want to build my career.

My interest in IT began at university, when a first-year Information Systems module turned out to be my favourite part of the degree. I then worked as a student assistant on campus, joined the public service as a graduate intern, and kept noticing the same thing: good people losing hours to spreadsheets, paper forms and email chains. So I started building. Power Automate flows, an automated lease register, SharePoint sites, then full web apps backed by real databases.

Today I have shipped production tools at work and independent apps on my own, and I run Novela Solutions Africa on the side. Now I want to branch into IT professionally, keep expanding my experience and learn alongside people who build for a living. If your team values curiosity and follow-through, let's talk.

8Projects shipped
3Systems built at work
5Live projects online
24hReply time

02 Journey

Learning by shipping.

Every step added something new to the toolkit, and the next one is already in motion.

  1. Now

    Institutional Coordination Officer

    Bursary management · Public sector

    A public administration role: coordinating with a partner university and supporting bursary students and managing their records through their studies. Alongside it, I design and develop SharePoint systems and Power Automate workflows for the organisation.

    • Bursary administration
    • Student liaison
    • SharePoint
    • Power Automate

  2. 2026

    Independent builder · Novela Solutions Africa

    After hours

    Built ImbizoConnect and a Leave Management / HR app with Supabase, PostgreSQL row-level security and automated tests, and launched Novela Solutions Africa for websites, systems and dashboards.

    • JavaScript
    • Supabase
    • PostgreSQL
    • Playwright

  3. From Nov 2024

    Graduate Intern

    Public sector · Same organisation

    Where I started building systems at work. I designed and structured SharePoint sites, document libraries and permissions, built a Power Automate register that logs and tracks HOD enquiries, and created an automated lease register with a Power Apps front end on Microsoft Lists and Power Automate to monitor leases and expiry dates. I also trained staff to use the new tools.

    • SharePoint
    • Power Automate
    • Power Apps
    • Microsoft Lists
    • Staff training

  4. Jan 2023 – Nov 2024

    Student Assistant

    University of the Western Cape

    First point of contact for student queries, first-line support on Google Drive and the Ikamva learning platform, and training new student assistants. I also analysed admissions data in Excel and prepared datasets for Power BI reports that faculty officers used for planning.

    • Excel PivotTables
    • Power BI
    • System support
    • Data records

  5. 2021 – 2024

    Bachelor of Administration & Honours in Public Administration

    University of the Western Cape

    In my first year I took an Information Systems module and it clicked. Seeing how data, people and processes fit together into one system was the part of the degree I enjoyed most, and one of my strongest results (an A). That module sparked a love for information systems that I have followed ever since, first at work and then in my own projects. I completed the degree, with Project Management and Public Sector Financial Management along the way, and my Honours in 2024.

    • Information Systems
    • Project management
    • Public finance
    • Policy

  6. Next

    Branching into IT

    In progress

    Branching into IT: my first priority is an NQF 7 (or other recognised) qualification in IT, followed by industry certifications such as CompTIA to build on it, while I look for a professional IT role where I can keep learning.

    • NQF 7
    • CompTIA
    • Always learning

03 Selected work

Things I've built.

04 Skills & interests

My toolkit.

Tools I've used on real projects, and where I'm heading next.

SharePoint

Site structures, lists, metadata and permissions. My day-to-day at work.

Daily use

Power Automate

Flows that log, route and track requests, like the HOD enquiry tracker.

Built in production

Power Apps

Canvas apps on Microsoft Lists, like the lease register for a property team.

Built in production

Power BI

Turning Excel datasets (PivotTables, VLOOKUP) into Power BI reports that support planning decisions.

Reporting

SQL & Supabase

PostgreSQL schemas, row-level security and workflow functions, covered by tests.

Shipped apps

JavaScript, HTML & CSS

Framework-free web apps and responsive sites, from this portfolio to ImbizoConnect.

Shipped apps

Python

Automating tasks and experimenting with scripts for game tweaks and performance analysis.

Learning

Git, GitHub & testing

Version control, GitHub Pages hosting, Actions and Playwright browser tests.

Growing

Interests

  • Gaming & performance tuning
  • Access to education
  • Civic & public-sector tech
  • Hardware & networking
  • Automation

05 Contact

Let's build something useful.

Hiring, collaborating or just want to compare notes on SharePoint? Send a message and I'll reply within 24 hours.