Edward Webster is research professor in the Society, Work and Development Institute (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Shireen Hassim is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Xolela Mangcu is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. He is non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

Prof. Zondi is a professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria. He is also part of the Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs in the Department, which analyses strategic dynamics in national, continental and international affairs including leadership, norms, values and agency. He is co-editor of the recently published Decolonising the University, its Knowledge and Disciplines (Carolina Press) and is working on a book on Africa's common positions in international negotiations. He is also on the National Planning Commission of South Africa, responsible for regional and international partnerships.

Enver Motala is a researcher at the Nelson Mandela Institute for Rural Education and Development at the University of Fort Hare, Alice

Salim Vally is an associate professor in Education at the University of Johannesburg and director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation

Martin Legassick (1940–2016) was Emeritus Professor of History at the University of the Western Cape. A historian, activist and author, his publications include The Struggle for the Eastern Cape, 1800–1854: Subjugation and the roots of South African democracy (2011) and The Politics of a South African frontier: The Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780–1840 (2010).

Daryl Glaser is associate professor in the department of Political Studies at Wits University.