Multiple reports profile Phaphama Ngalimani, a 28-year-old graduate from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) who studied towards a teaching qualification. According to the articles, Ngalimani became a father to a baby girl while still studying. To support his child, he begins doing carpentry work alongside his studies. After graduating, he continues building his carpentry business, describing it as a more viable option than pursuing a teaching career. One source frames his shift as a response to an increasingly competitive job market, while also highlighting his entrepreneurial approach and persistence. Another source focuses on his personal motivation and his account of earnings from carpentry, saying he is able to make more in a week than he would expect from teaching work. Both sources state that although he has a teaching degree, he says he would not take a teaching post if one were offered, indicating a preference for carpentry as his chosen career path.